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What is the OS load option /fastdetect??? I find many references to it, but nothing
explaining what it does. Microsoft even has a TechNet article on bootcfg that claims
a Knowledge Base article (Q170756) contains a list of available load options. It
does contain a partial list, but nothing about /fastdetect. I also found a nice
article on "Parameters for the boot.ini file". Again a list of some of the available
OS load options but absolutely nothing about /fastdetect. What is this thing?
Thanks!
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/bootini_86pf.asp
http:// msdn.microsoft.com / library / en-us / ddtools / hh / ddtools / bootini_08ab.asp
Summary: MSDN Home Driver Development Tools: Windows DDK /fastdetect Disables
NTDETECT serial and parallel port device detection at the specified communications
ports. If you do not specify a communications port, this parameter disables detection
on all serial and parallel ports.
