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In comp.windows.misc, Yau Felix Chung writes...

>My config.sys file looks like this:
>
>DEVICE=D:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
>DEVICE=D:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM 2048 

Do you really need 2MB of EMS?  This is 2MB that can't be used for XMS
(and thus can't be used by Windows and SmartDrive).  What are you
running that needs EMS?

>DEVICEHIGH=D:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE 512 256

Not a very big cache (512K).  Evan smaller when Windows starts to run
low on memeory (256K).  Try increasing both numbers to to 1024 or even
2048 if what you do is very disk-intensive.  It's a tradeoff.

A general point:  SmartDrive is not a very good cache, relatively
speaking.  A plug here is overdue for Hyperware's HyperDisk
(RR#1 Box 91, Pall Mall TN 38577 USA 1-615-864-6868).  High quality
shareware (so try before you buy) at a very realistic price.  And sh*t
fast, compared with SmartDrive.  Some folks have spoken about
Super-PC-Kwik in similar terms (I've not tried it).  I have, however,
tried Norton's cache and didn't find it better than SmartDrive.  Your
mileage may vary.

>FILES= 25

MS recommend 50 or 60 files these days.  This isn't going to effect your
speed, but tends to help stability (!).

>SHELL=E:\DOS\COMMAND.COM E:\DOS\ /E:200 /P

MS recommends /E:512 as a minimum.  Again, this isn't going to effect
your speed.


Hope this helps,

richi.
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