IDE Read-ahead

[nehalmistry]

this is the ali ide program that came with the drivers, it allows me to change the read ahead settings.....

i heard that setting read ahead to more will speed up your hard drive, i also heard setting it to less will improve performance cos it wouldnt read uneccesary(xcuse spelling) data.. what do you ppl think i should do ???

also, does the windows read ahead setting (in file system properties) affect this.... is it controlling the same parameters ??? or are they both different??

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P5A-B AMD K6-266@300
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP (oh, lets party)
Creative SB Awe32 (a classic, superb card)
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
64meg Ram
Ali V agp chipset
ICQ UIN: 24730025

edit: stupid pic doesnt come up


[This message has been edited by nehalmistry (edited 27 October 2000).]

[nehalmistry]

i hate to say this... but

anyone?