JSI Tip 9354. Sync.exe freeware flushes all file sytem data to disk.

Jerold Schulman

May 15, 2005

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Download Sync.zip and unzip it.

Sync.exe is a command-line application that insures that all pending writes are written to disk.

When you type sync /?, you receive:

Sync 2.2: Disk Flusher for Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K/XPCopyright (C) 1997-2004 Mark RussinovichSysinternals - www.sysinternals.comusage: sync [-r | drive letters]   -r   flush removeable media   -e   eject removeable mediaSpecifying explicit drive letters will flush only those drives.



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