I found this tip at a forum. I felt it very useful, therefore I would like to share with you at here.

In order to speed up your hard disk speed, we need to configure a special buffer in the computer's memory. This will enable it to better deal with interrupts made from the disk.

How to do?

Step 1: Key in SYSEDIT.EXE in the Run command.

Step 2: A System Configuration Editor windows will appear. Please looking for the SYSTEM.INI file.

Step 3: Try to find a line with text [386enh].

Step 4: Enter a blank line after the [386enh] and key in Irq14=4096 (note: case sensitive).

Step 5: Click on the File menu, then choose Save.

Step 6: Finally, reboot your PC. Done. Yahoooooo.

Additional info: The most speed improvement is visible with IDE drives, however there are reports that this tweak also does good for SCSI disks.

Hope the above tip is useful to you . Have a nice day.



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is it safe
not kacau any system file
just curious

Any benchmark or test on whether this is true?

Any links?

SATA hardisk can?

i also wanna know. isit that 'safe' to edit windows system file? y dont any 3rd party software (system mechanic / tweakxp etc) ever mention about this 'tweak'?

i just try but afraid will damage either my system or hardisk so i cancel

have u done the method? mind to share the results ? perhaps some benchies before and after ?

done it oredi.. seem my hdd work little faster now..thx for the tips..

opps didn't see the source below ...will it work on fat32 partition..quite interesting

This post has been edited by Mooneyes: May 22 2007, 07:32 PM

Wei, can be psychological what..... We need benchmarks!

hopefully the method will not shorten the hdd lifespan

so means this tips are for PATA not SATA HDDs???

whats the logic behind this?

Its like OC your HD, of course will shorten the lifespan

can't find any info on the net other than the source

just increase a bit only then wat for?? =.="

some info n discussion about this here

http://www.astahost.com/info.php/increase-...003_t12331.html

he doesn't even give the source

He gave the source at the end of his post la.

excellent tip.... should put this in the Essential Reviews and Guides section

thanks