Thanks Joe. That did increase my WEI score from 2.9 to 5.4.
I guess I need to re-enable the write catch after the test, right?
Changing this setting will increase the HDD WEI scores in many systems, not all. If you want to restore the setting to default, it won't hurt anything.
System Manufacturer/Model Number: Dell XPS 420 OS: Windows 7 RC CPU: Intel Q6600 Quad Core Motherboard: Dell Proprietary Memory: 4 GB DDR 800 Graphics Card: Nvidia 8800GT Sound Card: Integrated - Sigmatel HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays: Dual Dell 22" Wide Screen Screen Resolution: 3360x1050 Keyboard: Dell USB Mouse: Wireless MS mouse PSU: Big Enough Case: Dell XPS 420 Cooling: Air Hard Drives: 320 GB internal
2.5 TB external Internet Speed: DSL 3MB Down Other Info: WEI 5.9 (Windows 7 RC), Not too bad for an off the shelf PC :)
To increase your Windows 7 Beta HDD WEI score (in many systems):
1. Control panel>hardware & sound>device manager
2. Under disk drives, find your main drive
3. Right click your main drive and select properties
4. Policies tab, uncheck the "enable write caching on this device"
5. Click ok, and re-run your WEI
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