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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:17602 comp.os.linux.hardware:1593 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5172 comp.os.os2.misc:123692 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!olivea!decwrl!nntp.crl.com!crl.crl.com!not-for-mail From: ggrant@crl.com (Gary E. Grant) Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components Date: 31 Jan 1995 18:57:07 -0800 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [Login: guest] Lines: 28 Message-ID: <3gmta3$bd1@crl.crl.com> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3gjhe1$ced@pentagon.io.com> <3gm6rh$moc@newsflash.concordia.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl.com In article <3gm6rh$moc@newsflash.concordia.ca>, Ian Ishmael <ishmael@cs.concordia.ca> wrote: > Also, my current hard drive crashed last week,and I had it replaced by >the store that I bought my system from.Since then, writing to my hard drive has >been very slow.For instance, when playing DOOM the screen freezes and the little blue diskette shows up in the bottom right hand corner, indicating that it >is reading or writing from/to my hard drive.Before I had my drive replaced, thisnever happened.Its as though Doom didn't load enough information into RAM when >it first loaded the mission.This slowness is also noticable when I'm in OS/2 >using the editor.In this case the autosave is very slow(normally it would save >the file in the background thus allowing me to continue working without any in >-terruption).Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this problem? > Any help would be much appreciated. > >Thanks, > >~~Ian > > What sort of drive did you have before? What kind is the new drive? I have tested some IDE drives , that I have had for 3 years and it has 17 MS access time with 680KB/S Data throughput. newer ide drives have 9MS access with 1.5 Mbyte/Sec Throughput. Check the drive with Norton's SYSINFO from a dos disk or SI. Email me and I will attempt to assist.