How to boost the SATA hard drives speed in Windows Vista:

December 27th, 2007 |sunieet | 5,040 views | Tips and tricks | Comments (8)

Windows Vista has built-in support for SATA hard drives, but the advanced write caching features it is not enable by default. You can speed up your system by enabling this mode in Device Manager. Here is how to perform it:

Click on Start and type Device Manager in  Search box. 
Expand the Disk drives section, select and right-click at the hard drive. Select the Policies tab, and you can see the option:  Click the checkbox for Enable advanced performance (see figure) and Click OK. 

If you are using this mode be sure to have a back up power supply coz a sudden power outage may result in loss of data.

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   Comment by Trex on 28 December 2007:

   Thanks for the tip. I got to try this on my Windows Vista machine. I don’t think I have to worry about a back up power supply as I’m using a laptop.

   Thanks Again!
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   Comment by moregadget on 29 December 2007:

   useful as always, already bookmark and ready to rolled it on. Just Install my new vista last week… thanks man
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   Comment by betterwin on 30 December 2007:

   I will install Vista on my pc next week. If the OS boots without crashing – -, i’ll try this tip!
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   Comment by Gamer Forum on 31 December 2007:

   Thanks for info, I’m on Vista at the moment, and was wondering if there was a way to fix that problem.
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   Comment by Adiadi on 31 December 2007:

   I really do not know about this information until I read your article today. I was trying to find out how to really speed up my PC after installing Vista, and today I found the answer.
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   Comment by Aurelius Tjin on 3 January 2008:

   Thanks for the tip. I use to have problems regarding it but now, I have found the solution.
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   Comment by reviewlutions on 15 March 2008:

   wow… so thats how it work, I was so frustrated when get trouble with my new SATA drive, end up to throw it back to the store.. gee if I know it faster
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   Comment by Biker on 27 March 2008:

   A simple fix that works like a dream, great tip thanks

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