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Slave HDD
Name: Slorg Date: May 1, 2003 at 00:34:01 Pacific OS: Win 98 SE CPU/Ram: Celeron 1.7 256 MB Ram
Comment:
Hello, I have recently put in a slave Hard Drive it is only 3.2 Gig and I put it in to retrive data. After I installled the drive I noticed an increse of speed booting up, in my games and opening programs. Is this because the system uses the Salve for Virt Mem or something¿ I am curious about this.
Name: raincheck Date: May 1, 2003 at 04:58:28 Pacific
Reply:
Windows 98 won't automatically move your swap file (virtual memory) to the 2nd hard drive, but if you did, then sure it will increase performance. Other than that, I don't know why it would have speeded things up. Maybe someone else has an idea.
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Response Number 2
Name: Mike Newcomb Date: May 1, 2003 at 11:51:47 Pacific
Reply:
Did you install the 2nd hdd as a slave on the same ide (primary) interface cable.
Or was it installed as a master (or slave) on the other ide (secondary)cable - if so, it would explain the speed increase as you are using a different port.
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