RamDisk choices in Win 10 64 bit 1 Viewer. Thread starter tonewheelkev Start date September 2, Have 8gb ram Free Ramdisk Lehmden Retired Team Member. December 17, 12, 3, Lehmden Home Country Germany. Click to expand Thanks Lehmden Ramdisk isn't used by any other program!! BlueMax Super User. January 29, Home Country Germany. Hi, this is a permanent RamDisk independent from any other software, so it stays around as long as you do not end its service. Cheers Blue Max. ImDisk is allocating the RAM when needed, not earlier.
So in general you can create a relatively big RAM Disk without issues. Only when I'm using timeshift the RAM really is used and no longer available for anything else.
This is a Windows limitation and can not be solved by the tool. One of the many, many reasons why I'm restarting my system on a daily base Users who are viewing this thread. Online now: 0 members: 0, guests: 0. Post reply. Insert quotes…. By limiting the amount of free space on the drive during the buffer file creation process, the inactive buffer files can still be created, but they won't require as much space.
By limiting the free space to below , KB, you can force up to 6 of the inactive tuner files to be sized at 72, However, this comes with a tradeoff: You don't have much free space for the live TV buffer. So the question is, how much buffer can you fit in the free space? The amount of space you can use for the live TV buffer depends on where in the file creation process the drive has less than , KB free.
There are 7 possible times when the free space on the drive can drop below , KB:. So if the drive had less than , KB free after all but 7 of the initial buffer files were created, there would not be enough free space on the drive to create all the initial buffer files, and live TV could potential fail.
Regardless of when the available free space drops below , KB, the remaining free space must be enough to create all remaining initial buffer files plus store the live TV buffer. But the question becomes, how much buffer can you fit in a given amount of free space.
Well, that depends on which of the above 7 scenarios is actually happening. Scenario 1 will offer the biggest buffer with the smallest space saving, while scenario 7 will offer the biggest space saving, but will have the smallest buffer.
You will need to determine which of the scenarios works for you. Start by assuming the free space is at the upper limit Two of the initial buffer files will be used for live TV buffering. Therefore, the space they are taking up on the drive can be added back in to the total free space to calculate how much space is available for the live TV buffer. Plugging this information into Formula 1, we get:. The goal in this section is to conserve space, so BackingStoreEachFileDurationSeconds should be as small as possible 5.
That yields the following formula:. This give you the following formula:. If the answer is already a whole number, just subtract 1.
In this example, there is only enough free space for BackingStoreMaxNumBackingFiles to be any number less than or equal to This drive has enough free space for 4 additional buffer files, but they will not be used. So subtract the required space for 4 buffer files from amount of free space left on the drive:. This is the amount of space required for the live TV buffer.
Adding in the amount of space required for the initial buffer files from Example 2 That's a savings of This is where things get tricky. In this scenario, the last initial buffer file to get created will be 72, KB, which will reduce the amount of space required to create the initial buffer files. But now there's a big problem. In the previous scenario, we were able to greatly benefit from the file size reduction of the initial buffer files that became part of the live TV buffer.
Since all initial buffer files were the same size, there was no doubt as to how much free space would be gained as each of the two initial buffer files were transitioned to closed buffer files. However, in this scenario, it is possible for the 72, KB initial buffer file to become part of the live TV buffer. If this happens, a significantly less amount of space will be freed when the file is transitioned from an initial buffer file to a closed buffer file. That would be a worst-case scenario; therefore, it must be assumed this file will become part of the live TV buffer.
In the previous scenario, the very first step was to add the amount of space occupied by the two initial buffer files that would be used for live TV buffering to the total amount of free space on the drive after all the initial buffer files were created. The same thing must be done in this scenario, but instead of using two files with a size of , KB, substitute the 72, KB file for one of the , KB files. This works out to , KB.
Additionally, the amount of free space used as the starting point for the entire calculation must also be reduced. In this scenario, the free space on the drive is below , before the last initial buffer file is created. This means the starting number for free space should be reduced by the size of the last buffer file created 72, KB.
Therefore, the starting amount of free space should be , KB. The final difference between this scenario and scenario 1 is in the last step. The amount of space required for the inactive tuners has been reduced, so account for the reduction of one file from , KB to 72, KB. This drive does not have enough space for files. Therefore, this scenario would not be suitable for the desired buffer. Adding in the amount of space required for the inactive buffer files, the total amount of space required for this scenario with a second buffer is 3,, KB The same logic applied in scenario 2 should be applied to this scenario.
This time, there are two 72, files. The worst case scenario is both of those files are used for the live TV buffer, so decrease the amount added to the starting free space as if both files are going to be part of the live TV buffer. You may use the program to mount image files as well. Actually, it offers two options here. You may select drive letters during setup as well, and may set them to read-only. Data can be saved to image files so that you can load it in the future again.
You may still download it from portals such as Major Geeks though. The program ticks all the right boxes. It does not limit the RAM that you may use to create RAM disks, and you may create as many as you have free drive letters for.
It supports the saving of images so that data persists across sessions, a lot of command line switches, file system selection for each RAM disk, and an option to launch programs when RAM disks load. StarWind requires you to create an account on the website before the download link of the company's RAM Disk software is sent to the email account you used to register the account.
The program may be used to create multiple RAM Disks that are not size limited. It offers basic functionality besides that however: you cannot assign drive letters to disks, and there is no option to save and load disk images as well. The following programs are not listed in the main section above for one reason or the other.
They may still prove useful to you in some situations:. The overview and description of each program is certainly helpful in determining the best suitable program for your use cases. It offers great functionality, and the downside that it is no longer maintained does not bother me as it works fine and without issues. My Firefox cache is set to go there. A free trail can be downloaded though. I have some junctions in place redirecting app folders to it, and a boot time batch script will pre-fill it with data exactly the way I want it.
Never a problem. I use a ram disk to hold the sandbox created by Sandboxie. Downloading and reloading a 64 bit version is probably better if you have more than 4GB, but this is only a FYI. Broken page here. The banner at the top of the page, with the menu buttons, is turned into text. Colour background of comments is gone. Edit 1 : just publishing this comment corrects the problem. This has happened me once before, and I had deleted my warning comment. Edit 2 : under Palemoon and Opera, refreshing the page takes care of the problem.
This has begun to happen since changes were announced to the blog interface. Under Palemoon and Opera no extensions , the faulty page opened also through https. Not sure how I got there. Probably through a search engine. Now the broken page is here again in Firefox, https.
Just refreshing the page before publishing the comment does not correct the problem. Under Palemoon and Opera, cleaning cache and everything since ever, then loading Ghacks brings it through http, and the layout is correct. Displayed address is still https. The yellow warning says : connection not secure, parts of this page are not secure such as images.
Edit 3 : once the above comment has been moderated and published, to a correct webpage, just refreshing the page breaks it again. I may have fixed the issue. Can you please try again, do a refresh Ctrl-F5 , and let me know please? Thanks for reporting the issue. Letting it run would make gHacks opened via https. This is performed with an empty cache. Https at this time is fluid, renders pages as fast as http, and renders them complete.
Amazing service! Thank you! I was surprised to read this article. I thought that RAM disks had gone the way of the dodo, and had been rendered obsolete by modern operating systems as well as the enormous power of contemporary hardware. Windows 95 era? Maybe there are some specific situations where some very knowledgeable users could still take advantage of such software. I would love to learn more about that. This is far more problematic than the few milliseconds you might save here and there.
Generally, wholeheartedly agree. Most modern, mainstream software will make plentiful use of your ram is need be and its available which negates most RAM disk benefits. And data security outweighs any gains. I have however a niche use case where there are significant benefits. I work as a structural engineer designing buildings.
I am currently working on a building where one floor will house vibration sensitive scientific equipment.
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