JSI Tip 3515. A great RAM disk and more.

In tip 0020, I introduced Microsoft's RAMDISK driver for Windows NT 4.0.

Microsoft has released a Windows 2000 RAMDISK.

To install the driver:

01. Unzip RAMDISK.EXE to a temporary folder.

02. Start / Settings / Control Panel.

03. Double-click the Add/Remove Hardware applet.

04. Select Add/Troubleshoot a device.

05. Select Add a new device.

06. Select No, I want to select the hardware from a list.

07. Select Other devices.

08. Press Next.

09. Press Have Disk.

10. Browse to the folder (from step 01) that contains the Ramdisk.inf file.

11. The system will copy Ramdisk.sys to %Systemroot%System32Drivers and load the driver.

12. When Prompted to restart, reply NO.

13. Copy/paste the following entries into a RAMDISK.REG file:

NOTE: See The RAM disk enhanced.Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesRamdiskParameters]"BreakOnEntry"=dword:00000000"DebugLevel"=dword:00000000"DebugComp"=dword:ffffffff"DiskSize"=dword:01f00000"DriveLetter"="R:""RootDirEntries"=dword:00000200"SectorsPerCluster"=dword:00000002[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerEnvironment]"TEMP"="R:\""TMP"="R:\"[HKEY_CURRENT_USEREnvironment]"TEMP"="R:\""TMP"="R:\"[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerShell Folders]"Cache"="R:\"[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerUser Shell Folders]"Cache"="R:\"[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTEnvironment]"TEMP"="R:\""TMP"="R:\"[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerShell Folders]"Cache"="R:\"[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerUser Shell Folders]"Cache"="R:\"

14. Double-click the RAMDISK.REG file. The keys in the RAMDISK.REG file provide the following functionality:

Parameters                    -  Sets the RAMDISK to drive R: as a 30.9MB partition.Session ManagerEnvironment   -  Sets the System TEMP and TMP environment variables to drive R:.HKEY_CURRENT_USEREnvironment -  Sets the current user TEMP and TMP environment variables to drive R:.Both HKCU Shell Folders       -  Sets the current user Temporary Internet Files to drive R:. HKU.DEFAULT keys             -  Sets the default user TEMP, TMP and Temporary Internet Files to drive R:.

15. Shutdown and restart Windows 2000.