Ram Drive

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Could anyone explain if and how to get a ram drive running in XP. I have 2Gb of Ram but my system still insists on using the page file. I want to setup a 512Mb ram drive in memory for windows to use as the first page file. I will then have a second one setup on my hard dirve.
 
BlackRat said:
Could anyone explain if and how to get a ram drive running in XP. I have 2Gb of Ram but my system still insists on using the page file. I want to setup a 512Mb ram drive in memory for windows to use as the first page file.
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Let windows manage that 512 mb of ram. It will do a better job than
turning ram into a ram drive. With that much ram, it's doubtful
Windows will even be accessing the page file, especially if it has
your other 512 mb of ram to use first.
 
Unfortunately that is the problem. Windows is accessing the page file. I tend to find that it uses around 130 - 170 mb, even though I still have over a gig of memory left..!!!
 
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