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Ramdrive.sys device driver – Texas Instruments 4000M User Manual

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RAM DRIVE.SYS Device Driv er

Note: When you turn off or warm start your computer, all
data stored in

RAM

disks is lost (for DOS versions earlier

than 6.0).

The

RAMDRIVE.SYS

device driver enables your computer to

use some of its memory as if it were a hard disk drive.
Called a

RAM

disk (and sometimes a virtual disk), it is much

faster than a hard disk because its data is always loaded
into

RAM

.

RAMDRIVE.SYS

puts the

RAM

disks into the

memory area above 1 MB.

Note: Using the

RAMDRIVE.SYS

device driver increases the

size of

MS-DOS

resident in memory.

Install and use this device driver as described in the
Microsoft MS-DOS User’s Guide and Reference.

RAMDRIVE.SYS Device Driver

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