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| Ramdrive is faster than hardisk available and it actually can enhance performance if use correctly. | |||||||||||||||
| Using a Ramdisk On XP is excellent as you get SPEED and STABILITY. | |||||||||||||||
| Here's a way for Windows 2000/XP users to load their Internet and downloads to Ramdisk and enjoy good performance out of it. | |||||||||||||||
| Download RAMdisk XP. | |||||||||||||||
| How to install Ramdisk - Double click on the installer - It will go through the usual when installing a program. Xp will say add new hardware, choose Yes. - It will then ask you to configure it. - Choose the size you want it to be eg. 30-50MB - Driver letter.. leave as s: - You can choose whether to backup the data you put in your ramdrive. (don't have too) - About 10 seconds you'll hear a sound it will be up and running. |
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| Speed up your internet with RamDisk - Go to Tools >> internet options >> Delete Files & Delete Cookies. - Once Xp finishes deleting them all, go to SETTINGS and change the size to 5MB. - We now need to redirect the Internet Explorer Caches to the New Ramdrive. - Open up the Internet Explorer -> TOOLS -> Setting (Temporary Internet Files) -> Move Folder. Now direct it to your newly created Ramdrive. - Note : 5MB should be sufficient enough to cache "Internet Files" amd you will be freeing 25MB for your Download Cache. You will be amaze at the difference in speed |
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| Downloading with Ramdisk XP - Redirect your download manager default download location to your new "Ramdrive". Download Accelerator users can do so by going to Download Accelerator -> Downloads -> Options and change the "Default Download Directory" path to your Ramdrive. Close and save the settings. - If your using any kind of FTP Manager or Client, redirecting the Local Intial Folder to the Ramdrive would boost performance too. You will really notice that your uploads fly. |
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