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My apologies. Superfetch DOES create indexes on disk that allows it to carry over between boots. But I have not been able to locate these files. I've read so many expansions of "how it works" that I got my own rope in a knot. The link I posted above is totally wrong. I actually posted it before reading it. The author starts out talking about Superfetch then himself changes over to Prefetch and identifies files that don't exist in Windows 7.
Yes, Superfetch does preload programs into memory. It also releases the memory based on current memory requirements. The preloaded programs have the lowest priority for memory space. Superfetch is supposed to be move "intelligent" than earlier version and does support faster startups. The intelligence is how it determines what should be included in the memory preload. So that I don't confuse me, you or anyone else, I'll just keep my mouth shut. But from all the different explanations, the memory can contain preloaded programs that may be used at startup.