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Twists   10-14-2009 at 12:07:55 AM

My notebook has an SSD-harddisk and 4GB Intel Turbo Memory. Since User Pinning doesnt do any good, I thought about using the turbo memory for the pagefile.sys since it seems to slow down SSD-harddisks.

Can anyone explain to me how to mount the Turbo Memory as a (virtual) disk?

Thanks a lot ;)

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uh_no   10-14-2009 at 09:38:00 AM
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a) virtual memory is VERY different from a virtual disk

b) is this even possible?

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deforrest   10-14-2009 at 06:39:30 PM
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could you not just disable swap file and get the same thing done with out the pain and complicatition of virtual disks and swapfiles?


Message edited by deforrest on 10-14-2009 at 06:39:58 PM
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Twists   10-15-2009 at 01:03:22 PM
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Well.. I want to use the stupid Turbo memory for something ;)

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Scotteq   10-15-2009 at 04:18:21 PM
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It can be done - But not cheaply

What you are looking for is a 'Ram Disc' - though that particular name appears to be trademarked by a company specializing in HP-UX (HP's version of Unix). What it does is allow you to designate a portion of RAM as a Disc Drive. VERY VERY FAST, as you could imagine.

I did a little poking around and found a seeming candidate. I have not used any of this stuff myself, so I have no idea how well (or even if) they work as advertised. Would be interested in hearing back, though!

http://www.farstone.com/software/v [...] ve-pro.htm

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Twists   10-15-2009 at 10:26:21 PM
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But as far as I can see, it wont work with "Intel Turbo Memory" as it is not really RAM...

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