AR Soft RAM Disk Version 1.20 This document lists the steps to install the AR RAM Disk either on a Windows NT or a Windows 2000 system. Also a short description how to configure the RAM Disk is included in this file. Driver Installation on a Windows 2000 system: 1. Double-click the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard applet in Control Panel. 2. Select Add/Troubleshoot a Device. 3. Select Add a new device. 4. Select No, I Want to Select the Hardware from a list. 5. Select Other Devices and then click Next. 6. Click Have Disk and point to the directory (wher you have extracted the driver files) that contains ramdisk.inf file. Driver Installation on a Windows NT system: 1. Right click to the ramdisk.inf file 2. Select Install 3. Reboot your system Configure the RAM Disk: 1. Double-click the RAM Disk applet in the Control Panel. 2. Select a free drive letter on the General tab. 3. Chose your prefered RAM Disk Size on the Geometry tab. The other settings you can configure the other disk geometies, but the default settings will also work. 4. On the File System tab your can choose an drive label for the RAM Disk. All other settings can be ignored for the normal operating. Warning: - Use AR Soft RAM Disk at your own risk. - Using large amount of memory for the RAM Disk can cause problems with other drivers or programs. Working with the RAM Disk: - You can work with the RAM Disk like with any other disk drive. - Formatting the RAM Disk with any other File System is possible when you configure the RAM Disk to emulate a local hard disk. Limits: - The maximum RAM Disk size depends on the physical memory installed on the machine and on the system configuration. - The content of the RAM Disk is lost when the RAM Disk gets unload. - When more file exist on the RAM Disk than specified in the Maximum Root Entries property the system report that the disk is full. To solve this problem increase the Maximum Root Entries in the Control Applet. History: Version 1.20 Fixed problems with large RAM Disks. Added Manual Override option to Control Panel Applet. Version 1.10 More than 64 MB are now supported. Improvements on Control Panel Applet. Version 1.02 Fixed bug on Windows 2000: Blue Screen after Installation Version 1.01 Bug fixes and minor changes Version 1.0 Initial release AR Soft Developer Team Please report any suggestions or failure reports to support@arsoft-online.de
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