Disable windows write-cache buffer flushing and Fix Your slow computer now!

Okay, here is my blog post about how I disabled the Windows write-cache buffer flushing.

So, I noticed that my computer was running a bit slow lately, especially when I was writing large files to my hard drive. It was driving me nuts. I did some digging around on the internet and stumbled upon this thing called “write-cache buffer flushing” in Windows.

Apparently, this feature is supposed to make writing to disk faster, but sometimes it can actually slow things down. I was like “Really?”. So, I decided to try disabling it to see if it would make any difference. Here’s what I did.

Steps to Disable

• First, I opened up the Device Manager. You can do this by searching for it in the Start menu.
• Next, I found my hard drive under the “Disk drives” section and right-clicked on it, then I chose “Properties”.
• In the Properties window, I went to the “Policies” tab.
• And there it was. There was a checkbox that said “Enable write caching on the device”, I unchecked it. Also if you see an option called “Turn off Windows write-cache buffer flushing on this device”, check it to disable the write-cache buffer flushing.
• Finally, I clicked “OK” to save the changes and restarted my computer.

After my computer rebooted, I tried writing some large files again. Boom, I felt it was faster this time. I am not sure, maybe it’s my illusion, but at least I felt better.

Anyway, that’s my little adventure in disabling the Windows write-cache buffer flushing. If you’re having similar issues, maybe give it a try. It might just make your computer a little bit faster, or just let you feel better.