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Upgrading to AHCI
When I first configured my PC, the BIOS defaulted to legacy SATA mode, which is more compatible
with older software, but doesn't take advantage of the newer AHCI SATA interface. Here's the Microsoft link on how to configure Windows 7 so you can switch your BIOS to AHCI mode. Switching to AHCI improved my HDD Windows Experience Index from 7.3 to 7.7.
Hiding Ejectable Drives
After switching to AHCI, all of my SATA internal drives showed up as ejectable drives,
like you get when you plug in an external USB drive. I didn't like seeing the drive disconnect
icon in my tray area when I had no USB drives connected. Here is the fix.
Setting the Firefox Cache Folder
Yeah, I know it's not a Win 7 tip, but I needed to know how to get Firefox to use a specified
folder (e.g. a
RAM drive)
for all of its cache files. Answer:
1. Type about:config into the location bar.
2. Type browser.cache.disk into the filter box.
3. If it doesn't exist, enter a new preference string (right-click in the blank area on the page and go to "New", then "string").
3a. Preference name: browser.cache.disk.parent_directory
3b. String value: (name of desired cache folder)
Resetting your Searches
Are your Windows or MS Outlook searches incomplete or messed up? Try resetting your
search database and
re-indexing your data.
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