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How to clear Windows File Cache?

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Mar 15, 202627816 views
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For testing purposed I need to clear file cache (for example to measure file operation performance). I found CacheSet from sysinternals, but pressing Clear there doesn't help. A file that I just copied to Nil when copied again do this in a blink of an eye (while the initial operation took significa…

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I'm not sure how much relevance this has to your question, but to answer your 2nd part, yes, hard-drives have their own internal hardware cache - usually 2, 8, 16, 32 or recently 64 megabytes. Aside from that, Windows has a feature called which may …

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