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 * Speed Up Those Drives in Vista**

Windows Vista operates external hard drives that are connected via USB differently than internal drives. Write caching is disabled so that you can safely remove the drive at almost any time. This is a great feature for USB flash drives that are, frequently inserted and removed from your computer. However, if you have a large hard drive in an external enclosure that you never disconnect from your computer, write caching is also disabled, which can decrease performance. There is a tweak that will increase the performance of your external hard drive by turning the write cache back on, as well as, activating an advanced performance.

1.) First, in Vista, right click on the **Computer** icon on your desktop and select **Manage**. 2.) Click on **Device Manager** from the side menu. 3.) Next, expand the **Disk Drives** option and locate your external drive from the list. 4.) Once you have found it, right click on the drive, and select **Properties**. 5.) Under the **Policies** tab, select **Optimize for Performance**. 6.) Next, tick/checkmark both the options of "**Enable write caching on the disk**" and "**Enable advanced performance**," as shown below: 7.) Click **OK** and then restart your computer. That is all you have to do.