Ram Drive -- How to Create

[Doug]

I used a RAM drive on my old Win98 computer for
downloading etc. I upgraded to a fast WinXP machine and
cannot figure out how to create a RAM drive!

 

[EGR]

Just out of curiosity, why do you want to download to a RAM drive?
The slowest Hard Drive has a transfer rate much higher than the fastest
internet connection, so what do you gain?
(this is not meant as a criticism, I'm genuinely curious)

 

[Mike DeLeonardis]

people used to download to RAM drives so there'd be no trace of illegal
activity

 

[EGR]

people used to download to RAM drives so there'd be no trace of illegal
activity

Thanks Mike! How naive I am!

 

[Alex Nichol]

I used a RAM drive on my old Win98 computer for
downloading etc. I upgraded to a fast WinXP machine and
cannot figure out how to create a RAM drive!

In XP there is very rarely any point. In the case you mention, either
the use is transient (eg streaming audio to listen) in which case it
will be held in RAM and maybe overflow to page file, or else it is
something you will want in a disk file anyway. It is better to use
memory direct, and be able also to make other uses, than to lock up part
of it as a RAM drive, giving no benefit for the streaming but leaving it
locked up at other times.

 

[Ron Sommer]

I imagine that the new machine has faster hard drive access.
Another reason for not needing a ram drive.