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- From: moore@iastate.edu (Brian J Moore)
- Subject: Re: Win 3.1 with 16Mb of RAM - HELP!
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- References: <1992Nov4.191236.3964@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> <720956146snx@hektar.welly.gen.nz>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 23:50:29 GMT
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- In <720956146snx@hektar.welly.gen.nz> robert@hektar.welly.gen.nz (Robert Ruthven) writes:
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- > > Is there a way of writing temp files to a RAM drive?
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- >Yes! But don't! There is *no* advantage in putting your temporary files in
- >a RAM drive (in fact Microsoft recommend against it), as you are using
- >memory to give swap space. Also, the amount of space on a RAM drive is
- >more limited than your average hard drive... 8-)
- >It would be more efficient (and faster, probably) to leave your swap
- >files on your hard drive and keep your memory for memory.
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- I think the original poster was referring to temporary files not virtual
- memory, in which case, it is a good idea to use a RAM disk.
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