Ramdrive... in Win2k?

[superbaby]

Is this possible? I know the Ramdrive.sys driver will work up to Win98SE, but WinME and up (incl. Win2k) will not use it, because it is a 16-bit DOS driver.

I have gobs and gobs of memory and sometimes it feels like Win2k just uses the swap file just because it can, and ignores my RAM.

I want to load the pagefile on there and hopefully Win2k will fly.

 

[SUOrangeman]

There is some third-party software that claims to do this. I posted a link way back when the OS was released.

Remember, NT4 and 2K are NOT DOS-based.

-SUO

 

[imhotepmp]

nevermind

 

[BigToque]

hmmm, pagefile on a ram drive... would be nice

 

[superbaby]

Yeah I just tried it last night. I didn't feel any differnce between a 192MB pagefile on the HDD and a 150MB pagefile on the ramdrive. Maybe a little less HDD access but I think it was in my head.

This morning when I booted up however I got a BSOD. I think I'll have to reinstall, forcing the pagefile on the ramdrive probably wasn't a good idea.

 

[kyoshozx]

Putting your pagefile on a ramdrive is not a great idea. You will not get a performance boost, but instead you will be limiting your resources. A pagefile is used to mimic RAM, when you actually run out, or close to running out of ram windows swaps out data from your memory into the pagefile. Now with a ram drive you are limiting the actual memory available to windows. From all the NT books I have read, all of them ALWAYS recommended NEVER to put a pagefile on a ram drive, no matter how much memory you have.

 

[xtreme2k]

One is MOST STUPID to put a swap file in a RAM drive.

If you have enough RAM, your swapfile is RARELY or NEVER used at all. By using a swapfile on a RAM drive means you will be paging that "RAM" drive when swaping, which is slower than directly accessing RAM. Also, If you have the RAM, why not leave it to the OS and you will never need to use a swapfile at all.

 

[superbaby]

Yeah I do realize that now but I wanted to get my computer running faster, and seeing that I had that much memory, why not try it?

Ah well I learned my lesson