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RAM drive for W7
Whats the best and most compatible RAM drive for 7 x64 ?
Whats the best and most compatible RAM drive for 7 x64 ?
Hey Earlz
Why would you want to use a ram drive in win 7, given that it has prefetch?
Ken
check this thread out: How to make a RAM drive in Win7 64?
Prefetch isnt a ramdrive. Prefetch attempts to accelerate application and boot launch times respectively by monitoring and adapting to usage patterns over periods of time and loading the majority of the files and data needed by them into memory so that they can be accessed very quickly when needed.
Although it loads them into memory, its not in the same way a ramdrive would operate.
Indeed, with todays hardware, I dont see the need for one.
For faster over all loading speed on my selected applications
With a 3.5ghz system such as yours, you really dont need to worry about load times. I have a 3ghz cpu and most of my programs load in a few seconds.
You could get a usb flash drive of 4gb or above and use that for readyboost. Readyboost also helps make certain applications load faster.
Of course, while a more expensive option, those wishing for instant loading apps these days should consider the purchase of a SSD (solid state disk). While not ideal for the OS with the stuttering issues, for running and installing applications, it might just do the trick.