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Thread ID: 19215 2002-05-11 02:25:00 Temp internet files - a cunning plan Guest (0) Press F1
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48205 2002-05-11 02:25:00 Been thinking about this.

I want to try creating a small partition (about 200Mb should do it) that I can move my Temporary Internet Files directory to.

That would give me one file allocation table just for that stuff, without interfering with everything else. Could even be on a slow to get to part of the disk.

Now, question, I don't own Partition Magic, and the downloadable demo is the biggest waste of space that walked the earth (like why don't they say it isn't time crippled, that it actually does NOTHING so what use is it so why download it and install it).

Does anyone know if PCW or iMag have ever included a Partition Magic that actually works on any of the CDs?

Or another reliable program that could shrink the size of an existing partition without losing all the data?

I do have a 40Gb drive that is unused that could be inserted but I would never take it out and that's just excessive.

Also, what do you think of this scheme to tame the dreaded IE cache?

robo. 		Guest (0)
48206 2002-05-11 03:06:00 Hooboy..

No, PCW has never included a working demo of Partition Magic. Mainly because PM has never had a working demo. Do a Google, there are quite a few freeware and working shareware apps out there.

As far as the whole idea goes: I'm trying to figure out why. What would the advantage be of your browser having to read an extra partition table every time you clicked a link or button? IMOHO the best place for temp internet files is in a folder in the windows path... that would give the hard drive the fastest seek times. :o) 		Guest (0)
48207 2002-05-11 04:45:00 Go on, use the NUL: write-only device.

Otherwise -- ranish is considered to be good. It's free. The first results from 'ranish site:edu' on google give some idea of it.

In Linux there's an MSDOS utility called FIPS which is pretty reliable.

GNU have parted, but that's provided as a bootable Unix floppy image, which you might notr like. 		Guest (0)
48208 2002-05-11 06:48:00 The File Allocation Table is just as it implies - a table of file names and locations. If you have 20,000 entries in there that are not much use, it diminishes the speed of finding the other files you actually care about.

I don't care about speed of the cache, I don't think it is any use anyway. For the internet level performance, having it all in once place won't hurt.

In the mean time, the Temp files won't clog my main FAT and fragment my disk to buggery.

A separate partition is one option, or a ram disk that is in a chunk of virtual memory (but that is just sill). Or maybe, a compressed sub-volume.

I think a partition is tidier.

robo. 		Guest (0)
48209 2002-05-11 06:49:00 If this posts twice, then sorry, but I clicked a link to another thread and it used this windows.

The File Allocation Table is just as it implies - a table of file names and locations. If you have 20,000 entries in there that are not much use, it diminishes the speed of finding the other files you actually care about.

I don't care about speed of the cache, I don't think it is any use anyway. For the internet level performance, having it all in once place won't hurt.

In the mean time, the Temp files won't clog my main FAT and fragment my disk to buggery.

A separate partition is one option, or a ram disk that is in a chunk of virtual memory (but that is just sill). Or maybe, a compressed sub-volume.

I think a partition is tidier.
robo. 		Guest (0)
48210 2002-05-11 07:04:00 So why not ghost your existing drive, repartition and reinstall using the ghost image adjusting for the new drive size? Guest (0)
48211 2002-05-11 07:58:00 if you have potloads of ram you could try this
http://www.cenatek.com/
download a trial version of there Ramdisk. Its limited to 100 restarts and build a 100meg or whatever Ram drive and move your internet files into it.Set it so i does not save on shutdown. then you have a superfast internet cache thats always empty on startup.

==orac== 		Guest (0)
48212 2002-05-11 09:17:00 Xmsdsk is free and works well on Netscape(4,7*?). Almost as fast as Opera.

Sorry I have given up on Explorer and no longer have it, so can't tell how it performs. 		Guest (0)
48213 2002-05-11 12:07:00 Possibly I misunderstand your proposal, but if the internet cache files are bugging you, you can:

1. Set the history to 0 days.

2. In the advanced tabs of internet options, tick the 'Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed' option - it's right down the bottom in the security category.

Also, you can make the cache size tiny on the settings screen.

Finally, there's the paranoia tab in Tweak UI. (Don't let anyone see you use it though ... you are being continually watched)

Question: If you 'move' the TIFs, how will IE know where to find them? Won't it just create a new folder in the original place and start filling it? 		Guest (0)
48214 2002-05-11 13:39:00 Sounds like it is about time that Partition Magic was up for grabs from PressF1 :-)

JM 		Guest (0)
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