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What is the purpose & function of "SMARTDRV.EXE" in Windows 98SE?
Name: Tracy Jones Date: November 16, 2000 at 22:33:24 Pacific
Comment:
Hi,
I'm curious about a 44.3 KB file named "Smartdrv.exe" located in my Windows directory. What function(s) does it serve?
Name: .,,. Date: November 16, 2000 at 23:27:06 Pacific
Reply:
It is a real mode 16bit cd-rom ram cache driver. Win98 will load it during setup if 32 bit drivers aren't detected, in order to speed up read/write by caching in conventional mem or UMBs. Setup will also install Smartdrive on your system & place a call for it in autoexec.bat.
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Response Number 2
Name: Anil Tiwari Date: November 17, 2000 at 05:22:53 Pacific
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Smartdrv.exe is a disk caching program that comes with DOS. Using it is one of the easiest ways to boost your system’s performance
More details at : http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Farchive%2Fdos%2Fdos9996%2Fdos9996%2Easp
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Response Number 3
Name: UMean Date: November 17, 2000 at 06:37:17 Pacific
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You mean using it WHEN IN DOS may improve your system performance. It won't do anything to improve Windows performance.
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