![]() ![]() NON-FILEdisk based Virtual Drive drivers:Ī NEW (at least for me) Virtual Disk Driver with INTERESTING features, complete with source code: If the above is tested and confirmed, would it be possible to use eitherĪ thread on 911CD Forum with same links, some more and some interesting ideas:ĬOMMERCIAL RAMDISKS (with trial versions):Ī complete solution for booting 9x/2K/XP in RAMįiledisk thread on by bilou_gateux:Ī filedisk.exe version able to use encryption: Latest FREEWARE version of Christian Ghijselinck:Ī post claiming that DOS RAMdrive.sys can work under XP: Here is a list of resources related to RAMdisk and FILEDISK based drivers, that I am collecting/putting together for the use of people interested in helping here:Īnother article (version of ramdisk.sys unchecked): This version allows to use some predefined values up to around 60Mb. This is likely one of the first editions from qsoft based on the microsoft one, anyone willing to upload the more recent versions with source code? Depending on the intended use, 1 - 16 MB should be the enough, even in systems with plenty of RAM Keep in mind that the size of your Ramdisk is substracted from the available RAM, so don't use any wild values. Depending on your OS, you might be prompted to reboot after the drive is installed. Notes: In Windows XP, you might have to go to Control Panel -> System to access the device manager. You might want to reboot and copy some files to your new RAM disk from within Windows Explorer to ensure it's operating properly. Keep in mind that the contents of the RAM disk are lost when changing its size and/or drive letter in Device Manager! They are also lost if power is lost, computer rebooted, etc. You can change the size / drive letter of your new Ramdisk from the Device manager: Right-click on My Computer, select Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager -> expand the RAM Disk -> PropertiesĪt this point you have successfuly installed and configured a RAM Disk drive on your system. Click next/finish to complete the driver installation.ģ. In Control Panel -> Add/Remove Hardware, select Add a new device -> select hardware from a list -> Other(All) devices -> Have Disk, then point to the folder that contains the RAMDisk.inf file you extracted in step 1. Download and uncompress the Ramdisk driver in an empty directory you can remember: Ramdisk DriverĢ. We can install/configure the Ramdisk in three simple steps:ġ. The version we use in this article fixes a bug with Windows XP and NTFS partitions (described in the MS KB article) and adds the ability to change drive letter and disk size in a more user-friendly way, using the Device Manager. ![]() Perhaps Tenchi or Support could clear this up.The Ramdisk driver we use for this guide is almost identical and based on the Microsoft sample driver described here: Microsoft KB 257405. Still not sure if we're allowed to tell the names of other ramdisks. It was dirt cheap though (11 bucks), so I got it as well. There's one ramdisk in particular that allows for almost double of Primo's sequential read speed on my system, but it leaves a lot to be desired in any of the 4k tests. Some games stream contents into RAM, some load it all at once, so I went with the ramdisk that has the best average reading performance on my system. Benchmark every one of them to get to know your system and what speeds it can reach, then pick the ramdisk software that performed best. After all ramdisks are for those with plenty of RAMĭon't assume anything because you've benchmarked one ramdisk software. It may save 100 or 200 megabyte per 10 gigabyte of files on the ramdisk when active, but with RAM being so cheap at the moment I can't see why someone would enable NTFS compression and lose performance. ![]() I found turning it off actually increases writing speeds tremendously. Also it makes quite a difference if you've got NTFS compression enabled for your ramdisk. The files I put onto my ramdisks are rarely compressible so I've set it to "100% (Incompressible)". ![]() rd-disks/1 offers some explanation.Īs far as Anvil's benchmark program is concerned, varying values are partly due to compressibility of the test files written or read. I think alignment is for those 4k drives so we can see if the first partition starts at exactly 4kbyte. ![]()
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