RAM drives for fast access of files

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ChangChiTheGraphics

Hi,

When I was using Windows98 I had Smartdrv.com in Config.sys which lets me
create files in RAM drives, where you could create a "disk drive" in memory
that had its own drive letter, and you could store whatever you wanted there,
until you shut the computer down, of course.

Now I am using WindowsXP, service pack2.
I like to do the same in WindowsXP.

Currently, only way I know is that I create files in hard disk and access
them using fopen, fread, fwrite, etc.
This is a slow process, I believe.

If I can create files in RAM drive the access will be much faster.

Is there an equivalent way of doing the old Smartdrv.com
In WindowsXP? I am thinking that if smartdrv is obsolete there must be a
better equivalent way to do the same thing

Could someone help ?

Thank you,
ChangChiTheGraphics
 
When I was using Windows98 I had Smartdrv.com in Config.sys which lets me
create files in RAM drives, where you could create a "disk drive" in memory
that had its own drive letter, and you could store whatever you wanted there,
until you shut the computer down, of course.

Now I am using WindowsXP, service pack2.
I like to do the same in WindowsXP.

Currently, only way I know is that I create files in hard disk and access
them using fopen, fread, fwrite, etc.
This is a slow process, I believe.

If I can create files in RAM drive the access will be much faster.

Is there an equivalent way of doing the old Smartdrv.com
In WindowsXP? I am thinking that if smartdrv is obsolete there must be a
better equivalent way to do the same thing

Could someone help ?

Thank you,
ChangChiTheGraphics
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Ignore. This person just doesn't get it. Many have helped or explained
already and OP refuses to acknowledge it's the 21st century and
RAMdrives are dead and obsolete vestiges from the DOS days.

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]
 
Thank you, Nil
Your suggestions are useful and I understand now what direction I should be
pursuing. I posted a new question before I received your second reply.
Sometimes, I do not get second reply because the original question was not
clearly phrased.

Thank you again,
ChangChiTheGraphics
 
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