> What version exactly was this? There was some changes in 8.0.2 in this > area on win32. The default sync method was also changed at this point. "PostgreSQL 8.0.2 on i686-pc-mingw32, compiled by GCC gcc.exe (GCC) 3.4.2 (mingw-special)" > What's the output of "show wal_sync_method"? "open_datasync" > Finally, go into device manager, find your disk, get properties, look > under Policies, is the box for "Enable write caching on the disk" > checked? It is checked. Does Postgres require this to be unchecked ? It is difficult to force customers to change it. Andrus. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org