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Virtualized directory
I would like to virtualize a directory on my hard drive, that is to say let the
contents of a specific directory be stored permenently in RAM. I was thinking of using append.exe from the old dos to append a RAM drive (with currecnt contents) to the said directory, but it is advised against. Is there a newer application to do this ? Chris |
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I am not sure if I am clear on what you want to do; however, data cannot be
permanently stored in Ram. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "C W" wrote in message ... I would like to virtualize a directory on my hard drive, that is to say let the contents of a specific directory be stored permenently in RAM. I was thinking of using append.exe from the old dos to append a RAM drive (with currecnt contents) to the said directory, but it is advised against. Is there a newer application to do this ? Chris |
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If You are familiar with append.exe then You would be sure. An application I am
using creates its own swap file, storing frequently used data there. With 256 MB of RAM this is a waste of time, so I want to resort to RAM disk to hold this data, but I need the ability to assign such device not a drive letter, but specific location on an actual hard drive. Perhaps there are applications that would do something alike in 1 step during bootup or before application is launched ? Chris Ron Badour wrote: I am not sure if I am clear on what you want to do; however, data cannot be permanently stored in Ram. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "C W" wrote in message ... I would like to virtualize a directory on my hard drive, that is to say let the contents of a specific directory be stored permenently in RAM. I was thinking of using append.exe from the old dos to append a RAM drive (with currecnt contents) to the said directory, but it is advised against. Is there a newer application to do this ? Chris |
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I don't think this can be done unless the program you are using has it as an
option. The program is apparently written to check for the data in a certain file (the swap file) and without a programming change, I don't see how it could be made to check elsewhere. I am no expert in this area so hopefully someone who is will jump in and provide a definitive answer. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "C W" wrote in message ... If You are familiar with append.exe then You would be sure. An application I am using creates its own swap file, storing frequently used data there. With 256 MB of RAM this is a waste of time, so I want to resort to RAM disk to hold this data, but I need the ability to assign such device not a drive letter, but specific location on an actual hard drive. Perhaps there are applications that would do something alike in 1 step during bootup or before application is launched ? Chris Ron Badour wrote: I am not sure if I am clear on what you want to do; however, data cannot be permanently stored in Ram. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "C W" wrote in message ... I would like to virtualize a directory on my hard drive, that is to say let the contents of a specific directory be stored permenently in RAM. I was thinking of using append.exe from the old dos to append a RAM drive (with currecnt contents) to the said directory, but it is advised against. Is there a newer application to do this ? Chris |
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If Windows has spare RAM it will be used for file caching. If your
application makes extensive use of its swap file then this file will be a good candidate for caching, and will accessed from RAM most of the time. Therefore, you don't gain any significant benefit by allocating a specific amount of RAM to a 'virtual' folder, and you prevent Windows from making its own decisions about what's the best use of your available RAM. If you are determined to do this, you need a RAM DISK utility. The DOS Append utility is used for specifying search folders for data files. It has nothing to do with 'virtual' folders. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP W95/W98 "C W" wrote in message ... If You are familiar with append.exe then You would be sure. An application I am using creates its own swap file, storing frequently used data there. With 256 MB of RAM this is a waste of time, so I want to resort to RAM disk to hold this data, but I need the ability to assign such device not a drive letter, but specific location on an actual hard drive. Perhaps there are applications that would do something alike in 1 step during bootup or before application is launched ? Chris Ron Badour wrote: I am not sure if I am clear on what you want to do; however, data cannot be permanently stored in Ram. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "C W" wrote in message ... I would like to virtualize a directory on my hard drive, that is to say let the contents of a specific directory be stored permenently in RAM. I was thinking of using append.exe from the old dos to append a RAM drive (with currecnt contents) to the said directory, but it is advised against. Is there a newer application to do this ? Chris |
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