In Windows XP Start, Control Panel, System, Hardware Tag, Device Manager, Disk Drives, Right click on any drive and choose Properties, and uncheck Enable Write Caching on the disk.

>>>Is there a way of disabling this "write-delay"?
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>>Tricky words there < s >... I'll assume that you mean to 'enable write immediate' or alternatively to wait for the write delay to complete.
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>>Well that's what I'm asking for (effectively) in the Wish List item I just submitted.
>>There's got to be a way OS-wise (else how could SQL Server, etc. be reliable????).
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>I was thinking there should be an option in the OS (not in VFP) to disable the "write-cache", "write-delay", "delayed writing", or whatever it is called.
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>I'll check at my work; at home I don't have Windows 2000 installed yet. (I am using Windows 98.)
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>Hilmar.