RAM Disk creation???

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Dave Zook

How do I create a RAM disk?

I cannot find any documentation in Help, Resource Kit, TechNet, or MSDN.
However, there are references to RAM disks in scripting, among other places.

Any ideas?
 
A "RAM Disk" or "Virtual Disk" is a physical piece of
hardware that you attach to a computer. Files can be
stored on the disk only while is PC is running. You must
move all files to a floppy, hard drive, etc. before
ejecting the disk. When you unplug the "RAM Disk" you lose
all data stored on it.


Austin M. Horst
 
Ramdisk.sys Sample Driver for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257405


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Hi, Austin.

There is more than one definition of "memory" and there is more than one
definition of "RAM Disk". ;^}

In the olden days, we used to be able to create a RAM disk in the computer's
memory (not on a HD of any kind). Since it was in the static RAM, it did,
as you say, disappear on power-down, and it also disappeared on a "warm
reboot". But it was MUCH faster than HD access. I used to create one when
editing text files back in the 1980s; I could save updates quickly and all
my interim revisions disappeared when I rebooted without my having to erase
them. Windows 98, as I recall, created such a RAM disk during Setup to be
used only to store installation files and then disappear; it wasn't
available for us to use after Setup.

I have not heard of a RAM disk that behaves as you describe. I do have one
of the devices that are called by a variety of names: thumb drive,
key-chain drive, USB drive, flash drive... It is just a stick of flash RAM
in a small case that plugs into the USB port, but the RAM is static, so that
it remembers when powered down or when unplugged, so it can be moved to a
different computer. Sort of a much-improved floppy that can hold much more
(mine is 128 MB, but I've seen them from about 32 to 512 MB) in a much
smaller package and access it much faster.

I think Dave is asking about the first kind - in RAM, not external at all.
They were very useful in DOS/Win3.x days; but I've not used one of those in
years, although I've heard them discussed.

RC
 
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