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Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
PD0805: SMARTDRIVE VERSION 4.2 OFFERS MORE CONSERVATIVE DISK CACHING
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Revision Date: 6/93
1 Disk Included

The following information applies to Microsoft MS-DOS(R), version 6.0.

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Introduction
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Microsoft offers SMARTDrive version 4.2 as an alternative to
SMARTDrive version 4.1 for those customers who want more conservative
disk caching and are willing to accept slower disk-write performance.
The enclosed PD0805 disk contains SMARTDrive version 4.2 and
SMARTDRV.TXT, which includes installation instructions and parameter
descriptions. You can view SMARTDRV.TXT in MS-DOS Editor.

NOTE: MS-DOS 6 Upgrade will continue to include SMARTDrive version
4.1.


New Features
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SMARTDrive version 4.2 includes the following new features:

- A default option to write the contents of the write-cache to disk
before returning to the MS-DOS command prompt after completing an
MS-DOS command or exiting an MS-DOS program or MS-DOS-based
application.

- An /N switch that disables the default "write write-cache contents
to disk" option noted above.

- A new /X switch that disables write-caching for all drives.