Speeding Up Your CD-ROM Drive You can now speed up your CD-ROM drive in much the same way you have been accelerating your hard drive for years, by using a cache. A cache program stores information that has been previously read and makes it much easier to access the next time it is needed. The same is true for the CD and there are several programs on the market that will accomplish this. With the release of DOS 6.2, the built in program SMARTDRIVE can cache CD-ROM drives, but there is a secret to using the program correctly. The line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file containing SMARTDRV must be AFTER the line with the CD-ROM driver MSCDEX. If you have any questions about this procedure, please post a note in the appropriate topic or forum area. Be sure to include your DOS version and your model number (i.e., 2155-G82).