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Sorry, I meant to say have the hard drive files mirrored in RAM. <S>
I did try vRamDir but cannot get it to work. It seems perfect for system
tests and large explorations. They would happen in a second with no hard
drive access.
neo
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Daniel Martinez
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 6:31 PM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: RAM Disk
If you mirrored the RAM to your hard drive, it would remove the
purpose of having a RAM DRIVE in the first place. In fact, it would
make your scans slower than using no RAM DRIVE at all. LOL.
Daniel.
neo wrote:
> 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!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.neo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of C.S.
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 12:12 AM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: VramDir
>
> HEY! You found the instructions to my
> weed-eater! -Corey.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Sellers
> To: Metastock User Group
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 5:57 AM
> Subject: VramDir
> Group:
>
> 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 www.virtusoft.com and
> you may find it.
>
> 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.
>
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