Re: RAMDrive Problem

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From: Lothar Baeurle (lotharbaeurle_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:11:41 +0100

Hi Slobodan,

I am able to use the RAM disk in XP Pro however I'm NOT able to use it in
XPE.

Regards,
Lothar

"Slobodan Brcin (eMVP)" <sbrcin@ptt.yu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ejqYybs1EHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi Lothar,
>
> From your responses it is unclear to me whether you are able or not to use
> RAM disk driver, like to access it from command prompt by
> volume letter.
>
> Also have you tried it in XP Pro? You should copy some registry entries
> from CurrentControlSet services and enum branches.
>
> Regards
> Slobodan
>
>
> "Lothar Baeurle" <lotharbaeurle@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:312v5uF36o3g5U1@uni-berlin.de...
>> KM,
>>
>> I've used the Win2k driver as recommended.
>>
>> .SYS file and .INF file are installed. There are also entries in the
>> registry.
>>
>> The problem is, I cannot access or see the drive in Windows Explorer.
>>
>> Lothar
>>
>>
>> >> My current task is to implement a RAM Disk. Driver implementation
>> >> seems
>> >> to
>> >> work fine (I looked it up in the registry) however the RAM drive is
>> >> not
>> >> displayed in the Explorer.
>> >>Any idea what I missed?
>>
>> > Lothar
>> >
>> >
>> > You are missing a RAM disk component.
>> > What have you included? The "Windows RAM Disk Driver" component is just
>> > for RAM (Remote) boot.
>> >
>> > If you want to implement a ram drive, you should take a look and
>> > componentize MS RamDisk sample driver:
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=257405 (although it is a sample
>> > driver
>> > for Win2K).
>> >
>> > You can find a list of existing ram-disks on
>> > http://lists.gpick.com/pages/RAM_Disks.htm.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > KM, BSquare Corp.
>>
>>
>
>

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