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    About RAMDISK~~~~~

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by pilot840311, Jul 30, 2008.

  1. pilot840311

    pilot840311 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hello guys, i see many people's OP is X64,the memory so is 4G of coures!But it will waste lots of memory~~ :mad:

    my question is that RAMDISK is value to use?Dose anyone use it??

    plz talk about it~~~ ;) Because i wanna use it~~~ :D
     
    pilot840311, Jul 30, 2008
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    dsviper22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Uhh.. how will it waste lots of memory? RAMDISK i don't believe is used anymore except for SSD's ( Solid State Drives ). It used to be used back in Windows 3.11 and Win95/98 days.. Use a portion of your ram has a HARD drive and then use it as a swap drive to speed up windows. With 4 gig ram, just disable the swap in the Advanced Tab under system properties. And that should speed things up quite nicely.
     
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  3. pilot840311

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    Thank you
    if i make 1G memory become hd for download,how??IS it whether to protect hd??
     
    pilot840311, Jul 30, 2008
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    Divine_Madcat Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't mean to be rude, but your question makes no sense. :confused:
     
    Divine_Madcat, Jul 31, 2008
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  5. Dook

    Dook Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yea. Id like to help also, but Im having trouble following.
     
    Dook, Jul 31, 2008
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    He's asking if theres a way to convert 1gb of his RAM into a Hard Drive like storage device to protect his hard drive during things like downloading.

    And to answer his question...no. RAM has no permemant storage capability so wouldnt do anything for you. What you're after is the new intel turbo memory. But its a faulty system currently so i doubt that it would actually do anything for you.

    Just get a 8gb or 16gb express port solid state drive and use it as a ready boost drive (lexmark makes some nice ones) and that will give youwhat your looking for.
     
    Kamin_Majere, Jul 31, 2008
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  7. pilot840311

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    I have seperated 1G RAM from 3gram to download~~~so,my HD is not frequently damage !~~~
    I think that it's a good idea~~That's the truth,it's wonderful~~~
     
    pilot840311, Jul 31, 2008
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