HARD DRIVE THRASHING
To modify/reduce hard drive thrashing, open Regedit and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer Look in the right hand pane for a "Max Cached Icons" entry.
The default value is (the spaces are required):
Max Cached Icons=4000
You can increase/decrease it and then restart Windows to see if it makes any difference. Also consider running a benchmark utility like Wintune 97, to see your disk drive(s)' performance.
Wintune 97 (free) is available at this Windows Magazine web page:
http://www.winmag.com/software/wt97.htm
It is also recommended to edit your SYSTEM.INI file's [vcache] section to
read (SYSTEM.INI is located in your Windows folder):
[vcache]
MinFileCache=4096
MaxFileCache=4096
ChunkSize=512
The above is useful on systems with at least 16 MB of RAM installed. On systems with 8 MB or less,
try these conservative System.ini
[vcache]
settings:
[vcache]
MinFileCache=2048
MaxFileCache=2048
ChunkSize=512
On machines with 32 MB or more RAM installed you may want to increase the [vcache] values to
1/6 - 1/4 of your installed RAM. Some trial-and-error might be necessary, depending on your
particular system memory amount. Create a new [vcache] section if it's not already present in your System.ini file. Restart Windows for the changes to take effect. NOTE: The freeware CacheMan v2.5 program for Win98/95 [134 KB, freeware] does this automatically for you, including different options, depending on the amount of your installed RAM:
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