AMD Radeon™ RAMDisk
Ur's Manual and FAQ
Revision T racker
Revision N umber Software V ersion Description Revision D ate
03 V4.0.1 Initial R elea October 2012
Contents
1. Introduction to RAMDISK (3)
What is RAMDisk? (3)
How does it work? (3)
What is the benefit? (4)
世界肝炎日2. Screen-by-screen definition of ttings (5)
Settings Tab (5)
Load And Save Tab (8)
Event Log Tab (11)
水果茶的做法和配方O ptions Tab (12)
3. Technical Know How (14)
Swap space (14)
Temp files (14)
System Restore (15)
"Found New Hardware" message (15)
Disk images (15)
Licen files (16)
Installing (16)
Uninstalling (16)
手提袋制作Support (17)
4. Frequently Asked Questions (18)
月华沉梦5. Known Issues (21)
1. Introduction to RAMDISK
What is RAMDisk?
RAMDisk is a program that takes a portion of your system memory and us it as a disk drive.
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Conceptually, turning your memory into a usable disk drive may appear simple, but in practice there are many complex variables to deal with when operating a RAMDisk in Windows. This software is designed to be ur-friendly no matter what your PC knowledge may be. Improvements will continue to be made to ensure new builds remain as easy as possible for end urs. Regular software updates will be provided to improve features and address customer requests.
It is highly recommended that all urs READ THE INSTRUCTIONS (this document) before trying the various RAMDisk ttings.
The below chart breaks out the different RAMDisk configurations that will be supported by AMD.
硬盘在电脑上显示不出来How does it work?
RAMDisk is a kernel-level driver that prents a standard disk drive to the OS. However, it stores and retrieves data from the system RAM on your motherboard instead of an actual, physical disk. Along with the Kernel Driver is a GUI that talks to the driver and allows the ur to t various options as well as start and stop the Driver (create or delete a RAMDisk).
The Driver has been written to WDM standards and creates a low-level disk object that Windows Device Manager and Disk Management are able to "e" and manage.
委托公证怎么办理You can partition, format, mount a volume, and assign multiple drive letters to RAMDisk (but only if you would know how to do tho things with a regular disk, RAMDisk does not do it for you).
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Upon successful start of the RAMDisk, a kernel level driver (RAMDisk.sys) is loaded into the Windows/System32/drivers folder. This driver will be available to Windows each time RAMDisk starts. It is removed when RAMDisk is stopped.
What is the benefit?
In a word: SPEED!
Most urs u RAMDisk to speed up applications like:
•Databas
•Internet Explorer cache for faster web surfing
•Audio and Video editing
•CAD programs
•Software compilers
•Speeding up CD duplication
•Games
•SETI processing
•TEMP files
•Swap space
•Web rver cache
•Custom applications with high I/O, high bandwidth, or high curity requirements Some urs like the curity of the RAMDisk becau if you do not choo to back up the RAMDisk, all information will be wiped upon power loss or shutdown. Since RAM cannot store any trace of information without power, you know the information is gone for good (not just hidden on a track of a hard drive that can be easily undeleted and even recovered after successive over-writes).
An additional feature of a RAMDisk is that it will never wear out. You can access it at maximum bandwidth 24/7/365 without fear of mechanical failure or fragmentation (a RAMDisk can become fragmented just like any other disk, but it does not take a performance hit like a physical disk does when it becomes fragmented).A RAMDisk operating at maximum bandwidth does not produce excessive heat, noi or vibrations.
