Since RAM cannot store any trace of information without power, you know the information is gone for good (not just hidden on a track of a hard drive that can be easily undeleted and even recovered after successive over-writes).

Some users like the security of the RAMDisk because if you do not choose to back up the RAMDisk, all information will be wiped upon power loss or shutdown. Software compilers Speeding up CD duplication Games SETI processing TEMP files Swap space Web server cache Custom applications with high I/O, high bandwidth, or high security requirements What is the benefit? In a word: SPEED! Most users use RAMDisk to speed up applications like: ĭatabases Internet Explorer cache for faster web surfing Audio and Video editing CAD programs 1 This driver will be available to Windows each time RAMDisk starts. Upon successful start of the RAMDisk, a kernel level driver (RAMDisk.sys) is loaded into the Windows/System32/drivers folder. You can partition, format, mount a volume, and assign multiple drive letters to RAMDisk (but only if you would know how to do those things with a regular disk, RAMDisk does not do it for you).

The Driver has been written to WDM standards and creates a low-level disk object that Windows Device Manager and Disk Management are able to 'see' and manage. Along with the Kernel Driver is a GUI that talks to the driver and allows the user to set various options as well as start and stop the Driver (create or delete a RAMDisk). How does it work? RAMDisk is a kernel-level driver that presents a standard disk drive to the OS, however, it stores and retrieves data from the system RAM on your motherboard instead of an actual, physical disk. It is highly recommended that all users READ THE INSTRUCTIONS (this document) before trying the various RAMDisk settings. Regular software updates will be provided to improve features and address customer requests. Improvements will continue to be made to ensure new builds remain as easy as possible for end users. Conceptually, turning your memory into a usable disk drive may appear simple, but in practice there are many tricky issues to deal with when operating a RAMDisk in Windows. Introduction to RAMDISK What is RAMDisk? RAMDisk is a program that takes a portion of your system memory and uses it as a disk drive. Screen-by-screen definition of settings 3.

Dataram RAMDisk v4.0 User's Manual and FAQ Table of contents: 1.

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