How to flush disk cache?

Yes I know nut one of the earlier posters did not and suggested deleting the
swap file as a way to flush cached data to the disk.

"Ron Martell" wrote in message
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"SFB - KB3MM" wrote:

What does the Paging file have to do with VCACHE ?

Absolutely nothing


Where does VCACHE's data live?

In RAM. vcache is the Windows 95/98/Me replacement/enhancement for
Smartdrive.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

Yes I know nut one of the earlier posters did not and suggested deleting the
swap file as a way to flush cached data to the disk.

"Ron Martell" wrote in message
...
"SFB - KB3MM" wrote:

What does the Paging file have to do with VCACHE ?

Absolutely nothing


Where does VCACHE's data live?

In RAM. vcache is the Windows 95/98/Me replacement/enhancement for
Smartdrive.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

"SFB - KB3MM" wrote in message
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Yes I know nut one of the earlier posters did not and suggested
deleting the
swap file as a way to flush cached data to the disk.

You are correct. I thought the OP meant his swap file because many
people refer to Virtual Memory improperly as vcache and they see
that their winswp.386 file is really large and they want to save disk
space. Or, they get the running low on memory warnings etc
(resources really) and want to know how to 'flush' or empty it.
My error was in assuming the OP was mistaken in his reference, when in
fact, it was I that was mistaken.

"SFB - KB3MM" wrote in message
...
Yes I know nut one of the earlier posters did not and suggested
deleting the
swap file as a way to flush cached data to the disk.

You are correct. I thought the OP meant his swap file because many
people refer to Virtual Memory improperly as vcache and they see
that their winswp.386 file is really large and they want to save disk
space. Or, they get the running low on memory warnings etc
(resources really) and want to know how to 'flush' or empty it.
My error was in assuming the OP was mistaken in his reference, when in
fact, it was I that was mistaken.

You are indeed correct that there is a lot of misunderstanding/confusion and
whatever in a lot of cases.

"Buffalo" wrote in message
news:XxZ0d.77678$3l3.2424@attbi_s03...

"SFB - KB3MM" wrote in message
...
Yes I know nut one of the earlier posters did not and suggested
deleting the
swap file as a way to flush cached data to the disk.

You are correct. I thought the OP meant his swap file because many
people refer to Virtual Memory improperly as vcache and they see
that their winswp.386 file is really large and they want to save disk
space. Or, they get the running low on memory warnings etc
(resources really) and want to know how to 'flush' or empty it.
My error was in assuming the OP was mistaken in his reference, when in
fact, it was I that was mistaken.

You are indeed correct that there is a lot of misunderstanding/confusion and
whatever in a lot of cases.

"Buffalo" wrote in message
news:XxZ0d.77678$3l3.2424@attbi_s03...

"SFB - KB3MM" wrote in message
...
Yes I know nut one of the earlier posters did not and suggested
deleting the
swap file as a way to flush cached data to the disk.

You are correct. I thought the OP meant his swap file because many
people refer to Virtual Memory improperly as vcache and they see
that their winswp.386 file is really large and they want to save disk
space. Or, they get the running low on memory warnings etc
(resources really) and want to know how to 'flush' or empty it.
My error was in assuming the OP was mistaken in his reference, when in
fact, it was I that was mistaken.