Discovered a Way to a HUGE Increase in Disk Transfer Rate

Howdy, Everyone! I hope your-all’s day is going fine!

Firstly, allow me to begin with the obligatory disclaimer for this post:

"Well, no, I'm not actually recommending this." Satisfied? Great!

AFTER the last Windows 10 Update (which I think occurred just a few weeks ago on my PC), I was doing my Routine System Backup (for which, I always do a Full IMAGE Backup across All Drives Using Macrium). Only, on this occasion, I was in for a Shock:: My Disk Transfer-Rate for EVERY Drive had slowed by ~ 35% (!!) so that the entire Imaging Process likewise took about 35% longer than it usually does!!

So I googled various keywords about this issue, and there were a couple of posts indicating that the issue Could be related to Microsoft's recent patch for the Spectre/Meltdown vulnerability. So, I downloaded Gibson Research's TINY Utility which lets you see whether you are patched for Meltdown or Spectre, And an OPTION to toggle those respective patches – Off Or On.
I discovered thereby that I was patched ONLY for Meltdown, and for a Test, I toggled that patch to "OFF", •Rebooted, & •Re-ran a Full Macrium Image to see if that Toggle had an affect on my Drives’ Transfer Rates.
... It had a DRAMATIC Effect!!:: My Drives’ Transfer-Rates had returned to the same speed that they had PRIOR to the last Windows 10 Update.

- Chuck

—— 2 PS's: ——
A. I was definitely in the Group for which Microsoft,Etc. said the Spectre/Meltdown Patch’s Speed Decrease should be Negligible. Not!
B. In addn to the listed PC description, I should also note that my PC was custom-built about 11 months' ago.

Chuck7 said:

Howdy, Everyone! I hope your-all’s day is going fine!

Firstly, allow me to begin with the obligatory disclaimer for this post:

"Well, no, I'm not actually recommending this." Satisfied? Great!

AFTER the last Windows 10 Update (which I think occurred just a few weeks ago on my PC), I was doing my Routine System Backup (for which, I always do a Full IMAGE Backup across All Drives Using Macrium). Only, on this occasion, I was in for a Shock:: My Disk Transfer-Rate for EVERY Drive had slowed by ~ 35% (!!) so that the entire Imaging Process likewise took about 35% longer than it usually does!!

So I googled various keywords about this issue, and there were a couple of posts indicating that the issue Could be related to Microsoft's recent patch for the Spectre/Meltdown vulnerability. So, I downloaded Gibson Research's TINY Utility which lets you see whether you are patched for Meltdown or Spectre, And an OPTION to toggle those respective patches – Off Or On.
I discovered thereby that I was patched ONLY for Meltdown, and for a Test, I toggled that patch to "OFF", •Rebooted, & •Re-ran a Full Macrium Image to see if that Toggle had an affect on my Drives’ Transfer Rates.
... It had a DRAMATIC Effect!!:: My Drives’ Transfer-Rates had returned to the same speed that they had PRIOR to the last Windows 10 Update.

- Chuck

—— 2 PS's: ——
A. I was definitely in the Group for which Microsoft,Etc. said the Spectre/Meltdown Patch’s Speed Decrease should be Negligible. Not!
B. In addn to the listed PC description, I should also note that my PC was custom-built about 11 months' ago.

Hi Chuck.
Thanks for posting that information. Interesting indeed!

Can you please provide the KB number of the update in question. Thanks!

Chuck7 said:

Howdy, Everyone! I hope your-all’s day is going fine!

Firstly, allow me to begin with the obligatory disclaimer for this post:

"Well, no, I'm not actually recommending this." Satisfied? Great!

AFTER the last Windows 10 Update (which I think occurred just a few weeks ago on my PC), I was doing my Routine System Backup (for which, I always do a Full IMAGE Backup across All Drives Using Macrium). Only, on this occasion, I was in for a Shock:: My Disk Transfer-Rate for EVERY Drive had slowed by ~ 35% (!!) so that the entire Imaging Process likewise took about 35% longer than it usually does!!

So I googled various keywords about this issue, and there were a couple of posts indicating that the issue Could be related to Microsoft's recent patch for the Spectre/Meltdown vulnerability. So, I downloaded Gibson Research's TINY Utility which lets you see whether you are patched for Meltdown or Spectre, And an OPTION to toggle those respective patches – Off Or On.
I discovered thereby that I was patched ONLY for Meltdown, and for a Test, I toggled that patch to "OFF", •Rebooted, & •Re-ran a Full Macrium Image to see if that Toggle had an affect on my Drives’ Transfer Rates.
... It had a DRAMATIC Effect!!:: My Drives’ Transfer-Rates had returned to the same speed that they had PRIOR to the last Windows 10 Update.

- Chuck

—— 2 PS's: ——
A. I was definitely in the Group for which Microsoft,Etc. said the Spectre/Meltdown Patch’s Speed Decrease should be Negligible. Not!
B. In addn to the listed PC description, I should also note that my PC was custom-built about 11 months' ago.

Hi Chuck.

This is probably the dumbest question of the century, but I'm gonna ask it anyway:

Do you go offline, toggle inSpectre off, run your backup, toggle inSpectre back on, then go back online?

FYI... Wynona, I aways do mine from PE (yup all manual) so no interference from running apps...

Wynona said:

Hi Chuck.

This is probably the dumbest question of the century, but I'm gonna ask it anyway:

Do you go offline, toggle inSpectre off, run your backup, toggle inSpectre back on, then go back online?

With the Double-Reboots, that might cut into any time savings gained. Maybe........