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Windows IDE Hard Drive Cache Package
Windows IDE Hard Drive Cache Package
provides a workaround for computers running Windows Millennium with Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) hard drives,
large caches, and modern processors. IDE hard drives store data in a hardware cache (temporary memory) and write
the data to the hard disk later. For these computers, data can be lost during the shutdown process because the
amount of time that it takes for fast processors to shut down is so short that the hard disk may shut down before
the data in the cache is written to the hard drive. This update introduces a two second delay in the shutdown process,
which allows the hard drive's cache to write any data to the hard drive. Download now to delay your shutdown process
slightly to prevent data loss.
Modern IDE hard drives typically store disk writes in a hardware cache (temporary memory) and write the data to
the hard disk later. Write caching is a performance enhancement that is designed to increase overall write speeds.
During shutdown, data from the cache is written to the hard disk for storage until the computer is turned on again.
During a typical shutdown process, any data written just before shutdown may still reside on the hard disk's hardware
cache. Older processors typically execute the shutdown code slowly enough so that the hard disk's cache flushes
the written data to the physical media before the machine loses power. As processors have increased in speed, the
shutdown time has decreased to the point that data may still be in the hardware cache when a computer is turned
off, and that data may be lost. This increased processor time, coupled with the increased size of hard drive caches,
further increases the chance of data loss.
This is not a problem that is specific to Windows, or any given operating system, nor is it specific to any one
brand of processor or hardware. It is an industry-wide issue that affects a variety of vendors. Microsoft offers
this update until the industry can address the issue.
For more information about this update, please read the Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Article Q273017. (This site
is in English.)
System Requirements: This update applies to Windows Millennium.
How to use: Restart your computer to complete the installation.
Uninstall is not available.
The following file 290700usam.exe is available for download from KEPCIL.
or alternatively from
http://www.5rocks.com/smartcomputing/updates_wME.htm:
  Download 290700usam.exe
I have decided to provide this alternative download
link to 5rocks.com which I found out to be a professional support provider and to whom I turn to find out additional
help support for Windows Millennium. Content in 5rocks.com is well organized, easy to find and download.
Last Reviewed and Tested by KEPCIL: December 1, 2001. No problems occured after installation.
Last Reviewed: July 6, 2001
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