Windows 95/98/ME
Start at the desktop.
Right-click on My Computer, then left-click on Properties.
Click on the Performance tab at the top.
Click on the File System button at the bottom.
Click on the Troubleshooting tab at the top.
Click on Disable write-behind caching for all drives to put a tick next to it.
Make sure it is ticked.
Click on OK to close the File System window.
Click on OK to close the System Properties window.
(Also check for the existence and content of the config and autoexec files,
below.)
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Smartdrive
Windows 95, 98 and ME can be set to start the computer by using the Config.Sys and Autoexec.Bat files. The Smartdrive facility can be included here, which also can control write-behind caching. It is a good idea to have these files on the computer on Win 95/98 systems. Windows 3.11 systems must have these files and they should be similar.
The Config.Sys file should look like:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
BUFFERS=32
FILES=64
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE
STACKS=9,256
The Buffers and Files commands must be large enough to handle all the files that multiple Bookmark users may want to have open at one time. This can be up to 6 files for each computer accessing the server – e.g. 6 x 10 or 60 files, for 10 workstations, for example.
The Autoexec.Bat file should look like:
@ECHO OFF
PATH=C:\;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
LH DOSKEY
LH \WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X
The /X on the Smartdrv command disables wirte-behind (sic - 'write'-behind) caching on all drives.
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