Denithor
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- Apr 11, 2004
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IE browser cache:
Tools -> Internet Options -> General -> Browsing history -> Settings -> Move folder
Same place to set size, normally 50MB or so is adequate if you have it set to delete temp files when browser is closed (check Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed - under Advanced tab in Internet Options).
TMP/TEMP folder:
System Properties -> Advanced -> Environmental Variables
Edit the TEMP and TMP locations to point them onto the RAMdisk
Windows pagefile:
System Properties -> Advanced -> Performance -> Settings -> Advanced -> Virtual Memory -> Change
Set custom size on the RAMdisk
Photoshop scratch disk:
Don't know how to do this one. I'm sure though you can figure it out by hunting through the menus until you find the system settings.
You can configure the Ramdisk Plus software to back up the contents of the ramdisk onto the storage drive at each shutdown & restore at startup. This isn't really necessary as most of the stuff is single-use items and won't affect anything if they're cleaned out.
Concerning moving games etc onto the Acard ramdisk: just install each one onto the device and then copy it onto your storage drive (drag & drop or copy & paste). Play it from the device, all saves will go onto that drive. When done, back up just your saves from the Acard onto the storage drive. If something happens and the Acard gets wiped you're ok because the games & saves are on your storage drive, just copy them back over. If you want to play something else but don't have room for both games (if you just populated the device with 16GB for example), delete the first game from the Acard (but not from the storage drive) and install the new game on it. Back up the second game onto the storage drive. Now, if you want to play the first game again just delete the second game and transfer the first back onto the Acard. The registry entries point to that drive and won't be changed if you move the game files around.
As I said before, if you had a motherboard with support for 16GB you could potentially do the same thing but without the Acard drive at all (set up a 12GB software RAMdisk to install your games to then just juggle them on and off as needed). The benefit of the Acard is capacity: if you fully populate the 9010 model you've got 64GB to store a lot of games without having to move them around to play.
Also, just a note to address the other issues above: in general this won't improve games hugely but it will dramatically help level loading times and also save/restore times. It will also help with any games that read continuously from the hard drive.
Tools -> Internet Options -> General -> Browsing history -> Settings -> Move folder
Same place to set size, normally 50MB or so is adequate if you have it set to delete temp files when browser is closed (check Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed - under Advanced tab in Internet Options).
TMP/TEMP folder:
System Properties -> Advanced -> Environmental Variables
Edit the TEMP and TMP locations to point them onto the RAMdisk
Windows pagefile:
System Properties -> Advanced -> Performance -> Settings -> Advanced -> Virtual Memory -> Change
Set custom size on the RAMdisk
Photoshop scratch disk:
Don't know how to do this one. I'm sure though you can figure it out by hunting through the menus until you find the system settings.
You can configure the Ramdisk Plus software to back up the contents of the ramdisk onto the storage drive at each shutdown & restore at startup. This isn't really necessary as most of the stuff is single-use items and won't affect anything if they're cleaned out.
Concerning moving games etc onto the Acard ramdisk: just install each one onto the device and then copy it onto your storage drive (drag & drop or copy & paste). Play it from the device, all saves will go onto that drive. When done, back up just your saves from the Acard onto the storage drive. If something happens and the Acard gets wiped you're ok because the games & saves are on your storage drive, just copy them back over. If you want to play something else but don't have room for both games (if you just populated the device with 16GB for example), delete the first game from the Acard (but not from the storage drive) and install the new game on it. Back up the second game onto the storage drive. Now, if you want to play the first game again just delete the second game and transfer the first back onto the Acard. The registry entries point to that drive and won't be changed if you move the game files around.
As I said before, if you had a motherboard with support for 16GB you could potentially do the same thing but without the Acard drive at all (set up a 12GB software RAMdisk to install your games to then just juggle them on and off as needed). The benefit of the Acard is capacity: if you fully populate the 9010 model you've got 64GB to store a lot of games without having to move them around to play.
Also, just a note to address the other issues above: in general this won't improve games hugely but it will dramatically help level loading times and also save/restore times. It will also help with any games that read continuously from the hard drive.
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