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Support and Feedback / Re: How do I make read/write strategy stick?

« on: June 10, 2016, 10:11:57 »

Actually, Windows flushes its cache when the last handle open on the file is released. Since MC is the only process to keep handles on the files it writes, I would assume the cache to be flushed when MC says it is done writing - unless you are using some seriously obscure logic there.

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Support and Feedback / Re: How do I make read/write strategy stick?

« on: June 10, 2016, 09:46:03 »

HDD light goes off too, though. Meaning, all writing is finished physically and not just to Windows cache.

Again, thank you very much for your help; the way it works now seems to be okay. Overall, MC is a huge advance over what I've been using.

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Support and Feedback / Re: How do I make read/write strategy stick?

« on: June 10, 2016, 08:39:14 »

Thank you very much for your response. Again, please do not see my questions as anything like criticism - MC is a pretty decent solution and I'm sticking with it. Next,

1. Tried turning it off in Core Settings as you said. Now it defaults to "Normal, Different disks". Better than what I had before but I'd really like the way to set it to "Normal, Same disk" because 99% of my file operations are performed on, well, one and the same disk C.

2. About testing: it's 6 minutes versus 15 minutes according to my wrist watch. Tested after reboot to make sure Windows built-in caching does not interfere. I don't think I'm imagining it. Test data is the Firefox profile directory - 500 MB of small files.

3. I found a workaround of enabling drive cache in the "Power, Same disk" strategy. Dirty but works.

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Support and Feedback / How do I make read/write strategy stick?

« on: June 10, 2016, 05:30:57 »

So, I decided to find a replacement for Total Commander eventually. The first impression of Multi Commander is very positive, yet I stumbled upon one problem: file copy speed. The root cause seems to be that MC always uses "Power, Same disk" as default. File copy becomes 3 times faster (no kidding, I tested it) when I manually set "Normal, Same disk" but MC resets it back every time I open the file copy dialog.

I tried using presets hidden even deeper in the copy dialog. No luck as of yet. Could someone please tell me the exact sequence of settings to make read/write strategy stick? My imagination fails me.