Solid-State Drives and Caching
Intel® High Performance Solid-State Drive
How to disable write caching on Intel® Solid-State Drives


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To disable write cache on an Intel® Solid-State Drive, follow these steps:

  1. Right click on the SSD and select 'Properties'.
  2. Go Policies tab.
  3. Uncheck the option for Enable write caching on the disk.

 

Disclaimer

Operating System:
OS Independent

This applies to:
Intel® SSD 330 Series (120GB, SATA 6Gb/s, 25nm, MLC)
Intel® SSD 330 Series (180GB, SATA 6Gb/s, 25nm, MLC)
Intel® SSD 330 Series (60GB, SATA 6Gb/s, 25nm, MLC)
Intel® SSD X18-M Series (160GB, 1.8in microSATA 3Gb/s, 34nm, MLC)
Intel® SSD X18-M Series (80GB, 1.8in microSATA 3Gb/s, 34nm, MLC)
Intel® SSD X25-E Series (32GB, 2.5in SATA 3Gb/s, 50nm, SLC)
Intel® SSD X25-E Series (64GB, 2.5in SATA 3Gb/s, 50nm, SLC)
Intel® SSD X25-M Series (160GB, 2.5in SATA 3Gb/s, 34nm, MLC)
Intel® SSD X25-M Series (80GB, 2.5in SATA 3Gb/s, 34nm, MLC)
Intel® SSD X25-V Series (40GB, 2.5in SATA 3Gb/s, 34nm, MLC)

Solution ID: CS-031690
Last Modified: 06-Dec-2012
Date Created: 04-Jul-2010
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