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IDE Block Mode and IDE Prefetch

DasFox

DasFox

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Is it a good thing to be using IDE Block Mode and IDE Prefetch in the BIOS?

What is the story on these two?

THANKS
 
there are two "prefetches" - WinXP and HDD/chipset/cpu

Win XP Pro can prefetch commonly used files so apps load quicker under C:\windows/prefetch
sometimes it gets too big and chokes system
you can create a reg enry that auto empties the file at an interval
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/23-ways-to-speed-up-windows-xp.html

and yes, link above DOES have IDE hardware prefetch setting explained - directly accessed HDD controller with cpu calls

http://www.rojakpot.com/showFreeBOG.aspx?lang=0&bogno=288
 
So is the IDE prefetch in the BIOS dealing with the samething? Is it good to turn this off?

THANKS
 
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