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Chas - 03 Sep 2006 13:28 GMT

I'm trying to get a ram disk working under XP64. Two hardware device drivers
are supplied with XP64 ie "Windows RAM Disk Controller" and "Windows RAM
Disk Device (Volume)"

I've installed both of these but they don't seem to do anything. There is no
documentation on these devices that I can find. If tried the info given in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257405 and that doesn't work for me. Also
the ramdisk from RAMDisk.tk does not install under XP64.

Does anyone know how the built in windows devices actually work?

Please dont tell me I dont need a ramdisk I want one - because its there?

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Admiral Q - 06 Sep 2006 03:37 GMT

> I'm trying to get a ram disk working under XP64. Two hardware device
> drivers are supplied with XP64 ie "Windows RAM Disk Controller" and
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> Please dont tell me I dont need a ramdisk I want one - because its there?

Of course the information provided in KB257405 doesn't work, those are
32-bit device drivers, x64 OS's will only load 64-bit device drivers.
Also, although not certain, the Windows RAM Disk Controller and Windows RAM
Disk Device (Volume) items you are referencing are most likely in reference
to RAM Disk Cards, that are pluged into a PCI or PCI-X slot that act like a
real hard drive, although they have no moving parts as it uses RAM and a
cell battery (similar to the CMOS battery) to retain information between
power downs/reboots.

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