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Text: '  --  HFS, Mac+, new driver ID, doesn't forget to copy files  --Getting Started╤╤╤╤╤╤╤╤╤╤╨RamStart creates a RAM disk on a 512K Macintosh, Mac+, or a Lisa.  It automatically copies files to the new RAM disk, ejects its own disk, and starts the Finder on the RAM disk.  While RamStart is running, you may set any size you like by clicking on the scroll bar or typing a number.  If you accidentally eject the RAM disk, it will re-insert itself.  (MAY re-insert itself:  a flaw in HFS may prevent it.)A RAM disk is a program that reserves part of your computer's memory for use as a pretend disk drive.  This "disk drive" is very much faster than a real disk, so a program that you run from it will run faster.  However, a useful RAM disk needs a lot of memory, and that memory can not be used in the normal way by the program.  A program that works on a thin Mac will usually work with a RAM disk; a program that requires a 512K Mac will usually work on a Mac+.  Sometimes it helps to reduce the size of the RAM disk.A RAM disk is ephemeral.  Don't put your work on it.  Anything that disrupts the computer's operation ╤ such as turning it off ╤ will destroy all the data on the RAM disk.  You should place only unchanging files, such as programs, on the RAM disk and keep your work files on a real disk, where they will be safer.'