Hi, Nil
Is there another way to create a file and access it using the typical
functions like: fopen, fread, etc
The value of using smartdrv in old days was that I could access the file
from RAM and therefore acess it fast using fopen, fread, fwrite, etc.
I am thinking that if smartdrv is not used now, there must be a better way
of doing the same thing. Only way I know now is that I create files on hard
disk and access them. This is a slow process, I believe.
I would appreciate your suggestions; How would you do it if you need to
create files and access them ?
Thank you, Ken
ChangChiTheGraphics
"Nil" wrote:
> On 18 Aug 2010, =?Utf-8?B?Q2hhbmdDaGlUaGVHcmFwaGljcw==?=
> <ChangChiTheGraphics@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
> > When I was using Windows98 I had Smartdrv.exe in Autoexec.bat
> > which lets me create files in memory so that I could access them
> > fast.
> >
> > Now I am using WindowsXP, service pack2.
> > Is it possible to have the same features in XP? If so how do I do
> > it? Could someone help ?
>
> Smartdrv was a general memory caching utility. You had no control over
> what was stored there and you couldn't create a file there. Maybe you
> were thinking of 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.
>
> Google for "ramdisk xp" and you'll find some suggestions. Most of the
> ones I saw were commercial or shareware.
> .
>