RamDisk choices in Win 10 (64 bit) (1 Viewer)

[tonewheelkev]

Have 8gb ram...so looking to setup 4gb Ramdisk for timeshifting in MP in Win 10.

Free Ramdisk....so recommendations please!
Also....if there's a setup guide to accompany...that would be most helpful!!

 

[Lehmden]

Hi.

Free Ramdisk....so recommendations please!

ImDisk Toolkit. It's Free, Open Source, unlimited, fast and easy... No alternatives around...

setup guide

Download the installer, install the toolkit and then start the Ram Disk configuration. Adjust settings to your needs, click on OK and you're done

 

[tonewheelkev]

Thanks Lehmden.....all 'appears' to be working!!

 

[tonewheelkev]

....just one more thing....possibly daft....but here goes :

I now have a 4gb Ramdisk which is used by MP ! .....plus 4gb ram. (8gb in total)
When MP is NOT running.....does the Ramdisk effectively 'disappear'....or does it's presence impinge on the rest of my system, and affect (or is it effect?) memory availability....?? (Ramdisk isn't used by any other program!!)

 

[BlueMax1916]

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

 

[Lehmden]

Hi.
ImDisk is allocating the RAM when needed, not earlier. So in general you can create a relatively big RAM Disk without issues. I'm using 5 GB (out of 8 GB total) for my RAM Disk, but normally I have all RAM available for system. Only when I'm using timeshift the RAM really is used and no longer available for anything else. Once RAM is used for the RAM Disk it stays used until Windows restarts. 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...

 

[tonewheelkev]

i suppose I could dedicate a new bit of Ram for MP usage...?