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- <h3>SilentDrive 2.0</h3>
- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Automatic acoustics-management (AAM)</span><br>
- Contemporary modern hard disks with IDE-interface have a so-called
- automatic acoustics-management.<br>
- As the name already says, it is a question at that of the troublesome
- noise topic.<br>
- With this procedure the hard disk heads are quickened in a smaller way
- and slowed down in a smaller way. Result: The hard disk heads do less
- noise clearly in the case of hard disk grips. This noise is to be heard
- as a rattle. The noise of the spindle motor which drives the hard disk
- remains prospective on the other hand.<br>
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- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Advantage</span><br>
- Less noise at hard disk grips. It is also to be said, however, in this
- case that modern hard disks do not do a lot of noise anymore anyhow.<br>
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- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Disadvantage</span><br>
- The access time goes up through that. This means, the drive needs
- something more time in order to position the hard disk heads over the
- necessary track. The time that is needed in order to transfer the data
- of the hard disk into the computer remains in this case unchanged.<br>
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- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Setup and remove</span><br>
- There is not a setup program for this program - is not also at all
- necessary. Simply copy the file SilentDrive.exe into an arbitrary
- folder of your choice. Since otherwise SilentDrive does not leave
- behind any insertions in the registration database of Windows, a simple
- deletion of the program file suffices for the deinstallation.<br>
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- <span style="font-weight: bold;">System requirements</span><br>
- SilientDrive runs only on <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Windows
- 2000</span> and<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> Windows XP</span>.<br>
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- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Short operating manual</span><br>
- During the start of the program SilentDrive analyzes the available IDE
- hard disks (or also ATA hard disk) and matches found hard disks in the
- list. You can select the wanted hard disk from this list. It is
- indicated in this case whether the hard disk supports
- acoustics-management. Also whether the drive just on <span
- class="trans">quiet</span> or on aloud
- is prepared.<br>
- According to stopped mode you can prepare now the drive <span
- class="trans">quiet</span> or loud
- (fast).<br>
- The ATA- standard only dictates that the two modes <span class="trans">quiet</span>ly
- and aloud
- must be supported. It is therefore normal if a hard disk does not show
- an effect possibly at all <span class="trans">adjustments</span>.<br>
- So that you can hear the difference, you press the button <span
- style="font-style: italic;">Seek-Test</span>. In
- this case the hard disk heads are moved randomly over the hard disk. In
- the case of the stopped mode <span class="trans"
- style="font-style: italic;">quiet</span><span
- style="font-style: italic;">ly and
- slowly</span> you might hardly hear
- something.<br>
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- The hard disk stores the <span class="trans">adjustments</span> that
- you carry out in an intern way
- and are maintained therefore also, when you switch off the computer.<br>
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- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Options</span><br>
- BIOS of some computers seems to put back the settings by the next start
- again.<br>
- In this case SilentDrive can be called with options. Simply puts a link
- in the autostart-folder.<br>
- Options:<br>
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- SilentDrive -d<drive> -m<mode><br>
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- Drive: 0. 3, the first drive is 0. Without information the first drive
- is used.<br>
- Mode: o - off, m - medium, q - quiet<br>
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- Examples:<br>
- SlilentDrive -d1 -mq puts the second drive
- on the mode quietly.<br>
- SlilentDrive -mo turned
- off the AAM of the first drive.<br>
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- This program is freeware. It may be passed on in a free of charge way.
- A sale or a modification are not, however, permissible.<br>
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- Homepage: <a href="http://www.rt-sw.de/freeware/en-freeware.html">http://www.rt-sw.de/freeware/en-freeware.html</a><br>
- eMail: mail@rt-sw.de<br>
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