Maxtor Maxboost utility
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 12/22/2003 11:16 PM [ Print | 14 comment(s) ] · 9635 views
MaxBoost is performance-boosting driver software for Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP that is designed to complement your Maxtor ATA or SATA hard drive. The MaxBoost driver intelligently caches data in the host system RAM before it is written to and read from the Maxtor disk drive, optimizing the effective storage speed of your system in a variety of applications.
After you install the MaxBoost software, it will be enabled for use under the MaxBoost Software License until June 30th 2004. .
Maxtor Maxboost utility
After you install the MaxBoost software, it will be enabled for use under the MaxBoost Software License until June 30th 2004. .
Maxtor Maxboost utility
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Devourer Unregistered |
#50284 Posted on: 12/23/2003 12:21 AM
Something actually usefull from W2S lately & it actually seems to work. |
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Boogieman Unregistered |
#50286 Posted on: 12/23/2003 01:19 AM
Any benches ? |
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Boogieman Unregistered |
#50287 Posted on: 12/23/2003 04:37 AM
Sandra 2002.6.8.97 Before Maxboost = 16777 After = 17290 The program (I assume) must run TSR to work. Is it worth it ? For me..no. It's my download drive. But I do use it for virtual memory. I'll need to test more. Any other thoughts ? |
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thomas997 Junior Member Posts: 12 Joined: 2003-04-21 |
#50288 Posted on: 12/23/2003 05:12 AM
What do you mean TSR? It uses a portion of your ram as a buffer, like how the 8mb buffer in new hard drives give a speed increase. Cant seem to get it working though, the maxtor support said its because Im using the newer nforce IDE drivers.. |
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razo Unregistered |
#50289 Posted on: 12/23/2003 07:47 AM
I can't even get it to install because I have HT enabled and it only supports single cpu. .. |
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vegetto34 Unregistered |
#50290 Posted on: 12/23/2003 07:50 AM
I used the beta for the Audio/Video editing speed up. It helps BEST at that. In daily use it won't affect your performance. I hope the final gives boosts all around though. |
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Tuckwit Member Posts: 65 Joined: 2002-09-26 |
#50293 Posted on: 12/23/2003 01:50 PM
TSR is a leftover from the days of DOS, it means Terminate but Stay Resident. Perhaps he means Service or driver. |
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Boogieman Unregistered |
#50294 Posted on: 12/23/2003 03:00 PM
Yea, I mean terminate and stay resident. Wrong term I guess. |
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mesostinky Unregistered |
#50297 Posted on: 12/23/2003 05:39 PM
Meh, the general consensus is programs like these aren't worth it. Hard Drive Caching programs like this have been around for ages. Trust me on this, this isn't new tech and if there really was a benefit to using this every day the HD makers would all be using them. If if makes you "feel like" things are faster feel free to use it, but there is no real benefit here. People have been selling this snake oil forever. The second hit in Google Groups for "hard drive caching program" brings up a hit from 1993! |
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curiophile Unregistered |
#50302 Posted on: 12/23/2003 07:15 PM
Sorry guys, I'm to lazy to look it up, so I have a question for you gurus: Does this work with two Maxtor drives on RAID0? |
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curiophile Unregistered |
#50303 Posted on: 12/23/2003 07:17 PM
Sorry guys, I found it - I guess it is a no go with RAID. |
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Sonnyr Unregistered |
#50308 Posted on: 12/24/2003 01:31 AM
Have 2 Maxtor 40GB on my backup PC and it increases response time quite noticeably. My Main PC has a 3rd disk which is a Maxtor for additional storage but I'm running a P4 with Hyper-treading and it won't install. |
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intellimoo Unregistered |
#50309 Posted on: 12/24/2003 01:42 AM
hey, smartdrv was necessary back in the dos days! lol |
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vegetto34 Unregistered |
#50311 Posted on: 12/24/2003 02:06 AM
Run WinBench or Adobe Premiere and see for yourself the speed up using the A/V mode on maxboost. It helps considerably. Not all programs are alike. They have different algorithms to perhaps do a better job than others. Think of this like your "SPECIAL EDITIONZ" drives with an unnecessary 8 megs of cache. OH BUT ITZ FASTERZ! No. |
