Ram drive for windows
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I'm looking for a free driver that makes a ram drive for windows. I needed it to work similar to tmpfs for unix. Anyone know of such thing?
There is sufficient light for those who desire to see, and there is sufficient darkness for those of a contrary disposition. Blaise Pascal
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I'm looking for a free driver that makes a ram drive for windows. I needed it to work similar to tmpfs for unix. Anyone know of such thing?
There is sufficient light for those who desire to see, and there is sufficient darkness for those of a contrary disposition. Blaise Pascal
I found this the other day which looks like a good one, but I've not tried it: http://www.superspeed.com/desktop/ramdisk.php[^] Was thinking of getting it maybe if I ever get around to upgrading to 8 GB or more, and maybe junctioning my temp folders to it, not sure yet. Also there used to be a driver as part of DOS I think called ramdrive.sys. I'm not sure whether modern versions of windows contain anything like it though. I didn't use it because of the fixed-size restriction, unlike the Amiga's built-in RAM disk which was always there and could dynamically resize as needed.
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I found this the other day which looks like a good one, but I've not tried it: http://www.superspeed.com/desktop/ramdisk.php[^] Was thinking of getting it maybe if I ever get around to upgrading to 8 GB or more, and maybe junctioning my temp folders to it, not sure yet. Also there used to be a driver as part of DOS I think called ramdrive.sys. I'm not sure whether modern versions of windows contain anything like it though. I didn't use it because of the fixed-size restriction, unlike the Amiga's built-in RAM disk which was always there and could dynamically resize as needed.
Just looking at the prices, I don't see why the 64-bit version costs so much more than the 32-bit. As time's gone on I'm increasingly regretting installing 64-bit WIn 7 as opposed to the 32-bit because of things like this and various incompatibilities (various parts of Office 2007 aren't 64-bit compatible for example).
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Just looking at the prices, I don't see why the 64-bit version costs so much more than the 32-bit. As time's gone on I'm increasingly regretting installing 64-bit WIn 7 as opposed to the 32-bit because of things like this and various incompatibilities (various parts of Office 2007 aren't 64-bit compatible for example).
32-bit = 4GB maximum size of RAM drive (3GB practical upper limit, actually upper limit lower due to space usage by other apps). 64-bit = Massive!GB size of RAM drive. Way more useful = more demand = higher price.
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I'm looking for a free driver that makes a ram drive for windows. I needed it to work similar to tmpfs for unix. Anyone know of such thing?
There is sufficient light for those who desire to see, and there is sufficient darkness for those of a contrary disposition. Blaise Pascal
There is a CP article that describes how to make your own virtual disk. I imagine you could make the backing store your RAM. Don't really care to search for that article at the moment though and I'm not sure if you care to modify it for your purposes. Anybody know the article I'm talking about?
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I'm looking for a free driver that makes a ram drive for windows. I needed it to work similar to tmpfs for unix. Anyone know of such thing?
There is sufficient light for those who desire to see, and there is sufficient darkness for those of a contrary disposition. Blaise Pascal
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thanks, i'll try this.
There is sufficient light for those who desire to see, and there is sufficient darkness for those of a contrary disposition. Blaise Pascal
Yo'd be better off buying something rather than using something that's "free". That's some "free" advice from your Uncle JSOP.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
Yo'd be better off buying something rather than using something that's "free". That's some "free" advice from your Uncle JSOP.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001For $50/post, I can offer similar (but higher quality) advice.
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Yo'd be better off buying something rather than using something that's "free". That's some "free" advice from your Uncle JSOP.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001If he is better off buying something (advice?) why would he then listen to a free advice? Using your logic, he first has to pay you so you can give him advice, otherwise he should not listen to you (free) advice since it sucks, as it's free :laugh:
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32-bit = 4GB maximum size of RAM drive (3GB practical upper limit, actually upper limit lower due to space usage by other apps). 64-bit = Massive!GB size of RAM drive. Way more useful = more demand = higher price.
Yeah, that's the only reason I went with 64-bit, for future RAM upgrades. Currently though I only have 3 GB anyway, which I'm finding to be plenty. In the case of that ram disk program I posted the 32-bit version can apparently use memory past 3 GB as a RAM disk even on a 32-bit OS. I've been bitten several times with apps not being 64-bit compatible however (and not just the older apps).
