RAM drives for fast access of files

[ChangChiTheGraphics]

Hi,

When I was using Windows98 I had Smartdrv.com in Config.sys which lets me
create files in RAM drives, where you could create a "disk drive" in memory
that had its own drive letter, and you could store whatever you wanted there,
until you shut the computer down, of course.

Now I am using WindowsXP, service pack2.
I like to do the same in WindowsXP.

Currently, only way I know is that I create files in hard disk and access
them using fopen, fread, fwrite, etc.
This is a slow process, I believe.

If I can create files in RAM drive the access will be much faster.

Is there an equivalent way of doing the old Smartdrv.com
In WindowsXP? I am thinking that if smartdrv is obsolete there must be a
better equivalent way to do the same thing

Could someone help ?

Thank you,
ChangChiTheGraphics

 

[Nil]

On 19 Aug 2010, =?Utf-8?B?Q2hhbmdDaGlUaGVHcmFwaGljcw==?=
<ChangChiTheGraphics@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> Could someone help ?

We already did. Why are you asking the same question again?

 

[Bob E. Soxx]

Your original post was already answered. Oh, you're the HoopleHead troll!

"ChangChiTheGraphics" <ChangChiTheGraphics@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:512E9942-D732-48DB-84E9-3C8C6728D830@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> When I was using Windows98 I had Smartdrv.com in Config.sys which lets me
> create files in RAM drives, where you could create a "disk drive" in
> memory
> that had its own drive letter, and you could store whatever you wanted
> there,
> until you shut the computer down, of course.
>
> Now I am using WindowsXP, service pack2.
> I like to do the same in WindowsXP.
>
> Currently, only way I know is that I create files in hard disk and access
> them using fopen, fread, fwrite, etc.
> This is a slow process, I believe.
>
> If I can create files in RAM drive the access will be much faster.
>
> Is there an equivalent way of doing the old Smartdrv.com
> In WindowsXP? I am thinking that if smartdrv is obsolete there must be a
> better equivalent way to do the same thing
>
> Could someone help ?
>
> Thank you,
> ChangChiTheGraphics
>
>
>

 

[ChangChiTheGraphics]

Thank you, Nil
Your suggestions are useful and I understand now what direction I should be
pursuing. I posted a new question before I received your second reply.
Sometimes, I do not get second reply because the original question was not
clearly phrased.

Thank you again,
ChangChiTheGraphics

"Nil" wrote:

> On 19 Aug 2010, =?Utf-8?B?Q2hhbmdDaGlUaGVHcmFwaGljcw==?=
> <ChangChiTheGraphics@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
> > Could someone help ?
>
> We already did. Why are you asking the same question again?
> .
>