My windows box is coughing up blood

mbpark · 08-29-2002, 03:34 PM

Windows does reserve a good chunk of RAM for System Cache, where it puts DLLs when they are frequently used.

So therefore, check your hard drive controller drivers, and get the newest ones. Make sure the hard drive is in DMA mode, since some drivers, especially Microsoft's default for Windows 2000, will chuck your HDs into PIO mode.

The reason it loads faster the second time is because Windows 2000 is caching most of the critical DLLs. You are loading less data, so it takes less time.

Mitch

08-29-2002, 03:34 PM	#22
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	and since Windows has a System Cache.... Windows does reserve a good chunk of RAM for System Cache, where it puts DLLs when they are frequently used. So therefore, check your hard drive controller drivers, and get the newest ones. Make sure the hard drive is in DMA mode, since some drivers, especially Microsoft's default for Windows 2000, will chuck your HDs into PIO mode. The reason it loads faster the second time is because Windows 2000 is caching most of the critical DLLs. You are loading less data, so it takes less time. Mitch

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