Re: bios
- From: sun <sun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 02:58:02 -0700
i'm sorry if i have gone off the point; my first question was about the bios.
:-D
"sun" wrote:
> hi. thanks for all the help, but when i go to properties it has 2 options:
> 'optimise for quick removal' or 'optimise for performance'. it is on
> 'optimise for performance' but there is no option below this. i remember that
> i used to have another option under this called 'enable write caching' or
> something similar and it was also selected when performance option was
> selected. however it doesn't exist now. could it be due to my user profile. i
> only have 1 profile named 'owner'. also, in taskmanager in processes the
> username column is empt??
>
> please help.
>
> should i create a new userprofile, with admin. rights??
>
> cheers.
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
> > sun wrote:
> > > how do i get into the bios? i have a hp pavilion pc, and i can only
> > > get into some sort of bios, pressing F1 or F11. is there anyway i can
> > > get into the 'real' bios??
> > >
> > > also i ran bootvis (it works for me) but it said that 'disk write
> > > caching is disable'. can i enable this? also i had my harddrive
> > > replaced under warranty from PC world, could they have messed up?
> >
> > Enabling or Disabling the Disk Write Caching
> >
> > 1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
> > 2. Click the Hardware tab.
> > 3. Click Device Manager.
> > 4. Click the plus sign (+) next to the Disk Drives branch to expand it.
> > 5. Right-click the drive on which you want to enable or disable disk write
> > caching, and then click Properties.\
> > 6. Select the "Policies" tab from the top of the Properties window.
> > 7. Verify the "Enable write caching on the disk" checkbox is checked.
> > 8. Click OK.
> > 9. Close all Windows you opened.
> > 10. Reboot.
> >
> > If your system doesn't provide this option and the BIOS has no way of
> > enabling it (see your Manual/Call the technical support) - then it just may
> > not be possible on your system.
> >
> > --
> > Shenan Stanley
> > MS-MVP
> > --
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> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> >
> >
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