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This
may be the answer to the Win2000 limitation of not allowing one to use all RAM
before the swapfile. If one had 2 GB of RAM, one could put all common programs
and MS data into RAM. Explorations would fly!
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What
exactly is the best way to do this? What is the best program? One would want all
operations to run in RAM but have the RAM mirrored on your hard
drive.
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<FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----From:
owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of C.S.Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 12:12
AMTo: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re:
VramDir
HEY!
You found the instructions to my
weed-eater!
-Corey.
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John Sellers
To: <A title=metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>Metastock User Group
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 5:57
AM
Subject: VramDir
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This article
came from a German magazine which I got translated to English. I was
interested as well as other group members thus am sharing it with anyone so
include to read it.If you wish to read it in German go to <A
href="http://www.virtusoft.com";>www.virtusoft.com and you may find
it.
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By
Matthias Carstens
bypass VRAMDIR: (K)eine RAM disk for Windows 95
VRAMDIR unites the advantages of a RAM disk in itself, done thereby however
without the typical disadvantages. By an ingenious trick it generally
accelerates fixed disk accesses and thus Windows. Since there is Windows 95,
many users look a genuine 32-Bit-RAM-Disk up, because the provided operates
only in the 16-Bit-Kompatibilitaetsmodus. But it does not give until today.
Instead the Virtual software corporation offers
now however a beginning the unusual at first sight more ingenious on the
second view for the use of the fallow-being situated RAMs. By Setup the user
defines directories on his fixed disks, into whom from now on physically
nothing more is written - all files land in the RAM. This principle
eliminates at one blow all with usual RAM disks accompanying restrictions,
like additional drive letters, specific cluster sizes and partition
information. They prevent a dynamic groessenaenderung with DOS-BASED RAM
disks. Too German: The RAM disk had to be produced with a fixed size. If it
were not too small, it was excessive and occupied unnecessarily much RAM.
The 32-Bit-Treiber VRAMDIR produces a
virtual file system in the RAM. The small vxd file operates by
the renouncement of fixed disk-similar characteristics completely
dynamically. Only so much memory is thus occupied, how also actually are at
data in the VRAMDIR directories. To the easier understanding and a fast
check the program is after the installation also than data source in the
system monitor. At present used storage space, number of file operations and
quantity of read and written bytes are representable and help during the
optimization of the system. By default are all the operating system admitted
temporary directories (C:\Temp, D:\Windows\Temp etc..) to the virtual bypass
announced. Further, like Netscapes Internet Cache, special directories or
own set in certain applications, which are to be used in typical RAM disk
manners (to unpack, tests etc. installs), to add are manually over a dialog
box accessible in the system control. Modifications require in each case a
restart of Windows.
That performance gain actually which can be
obtained depends strongly on the used applications and the rate of the
computer and the fixed disk. Typical candidates for noticeable improvements
are Mailpacker or compilers, which do not use 32-bittig the disk free space,
but solid temporary files create. But even if owing to fastest computer and
newest Windows-95-Software in practice no difference becomes noticeable,
VRAMDIR reduces a fragmenting of the fixed disk by the decrease of the fixed
disk activity. In the test the software operated perfectly. The more data in
the virtual directories, the fewer memory are available Windows land. The
transition for storing externally and the return of free memory occur
smoothly. When copying within of/after VRAMDIR about 10 MByte/s are
realistic, some non-practical of bench mark 35 MByte/s measured. In the
unregistrierten tri aluminum version VRAMDIR functions only 30 minutes long,
afterwards operate like had the fixed disks in place of the RAMs. VRAMDIR is
the drop oil, which lets the Windows-95-Rechner so correctly approximately
run only. For 10 $ Shareware fee one receives one which can be easily
applied, problem-free utility, which can surely use everyone. (se)
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