I would like to set up a RAM disk in Windows XP. I have 1.5 GB of RAM, and
for certain applications, I want to allocate 500 MB to a temporary RAM drive.
There used to be a nice utility (I think called ramdrive.sys) that did this
in DOS. Is there still something like this available for XP? If so, where?

Thanks

A Google search on RAM drives will provide possible solutions.

"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E42BAC1F-BC4B-4D1A-956A-6E86F2645E29@microsoft.com...
>I would like to set up a RAM disk in Windows XP. I have 1.5 GB of RAM, and
> for certain applications, I want to allocate 500 MB to a temporary RAM
> drive.
> There used to be a nice utility (I think called ramdrive.sys) that did
> this
> in DOS. Is there still something like this available for XP? If so,
> where?
>
> Thanks

George wrote:

> I would like to set up a RAM disk in Windows XP. I have 1.5 GB of RAM, and
> for certain applications, I want to allocate 500 MB to a temporary RAM drive.
> There used to be a nice utility (I think called ramdrive.sys) that did this
> in DOS. Is there still something like this available for XP? If so, where?
>
> Thanks
Hi,

A couple of RAM disk products:

RAMDisk XP/2000
http://www.cenatek.com/product_ramdisk.cfm

RamDisk
http://www.superspeed.com/ramdisk.html



--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

Thanks for the links. Too bad they cost $$. Note to Microsoft - please put
this back into the OS where it belongs. It used to be there - why was it
removed?




"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> George wrote:
>
> > I would like to set up a RAM disk in Windows XP. I have 1.5 GB of RAM, and
> > for certain applications, I want to allocate 500 MB to a temporary RAM drive.
> > There used to be a nice utility (I think called ramdrive.sys) that did this
> > in DOS. Is there still something like this available for XP? If so, where?
> >
> > Thanks
> Hi,
>
> A couple of RAM disk products:
>
> RAMDisk XP/2000
> http://www.cenatek.com/product_ramdisk.cfm
>
> RamDisk
> http://www.superspeed.com/ramdisk.html
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
>

If you had Googled, as I said to do, you would have found comments about
using RAMDRIVE from previous Windows versions.

"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5CB0CA13-1E4B-40BC-86F3-229C2B89171A@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the links. Too bad they cost $$. Note to Microsoft - please
> put
> this back into the OS where it belongs. It used to be there - why was it
> removed?
>
>
>
>
> "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> George wrote:
>>
>> > I would like to set up a RAM disk in Windows XP. I have 1.5 GB of RAM,
>> > and
>> > for certain applications, I want to allocate 500 MB to a temporary RAM
>> > drive.
>> > There used to be a nice utility (I think called ramdrive.sys) that did
>> > this
>> > in DOS. Is there still something like this available for XP? If so,
>> > where?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> Hi,
>>
>> A couple of RAM disk products:
>>
>> RAMDisk XP/2000
>> http://www.cenatek.com/product_ramdisk.cfm
>>
>> RamDisk
>> http://www.superspeed.com/ramdisk.html
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
>> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
>> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
>>

George wrote:
> Thanks for the links. Too bad they cost $$. Note to Microsoft -
> please put this back into the OS where it belongs. It used to be
> there - why was it removed?

I'm guessing its because except for a few small exceptional cases, a ramdisk
in Windows XP will cause more problems than it solves.