> 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. 



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