Near as I can tell, to turn off write buffering in Windows 98:

Start / Settings / Control Panel
System / Performance
Advanced settings / File System
Troubleshooting
Checkbox for
Disable write-behind caching for all drives

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nando Dessena" <nandod@...>
To: <ib-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 18:02
Subject: Re: [ib-support] Shadowing problem


> Andy,
>
> > Definitely turn forced writes on. But also, if possible, turn off
operating
> > system disk I/O cacheing. In Windows 98 there's an incredibly obscure
place
> > to do this, as if you were debugging the operating system; I can't
remember
> > it now but I can find it if you need it.
>
> I would like to know this too. I have always heard about that but
> couldn't find an exact reference so far.
> Thanks
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