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StarWind Virtual RAM Disk Emulator
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Version
5.5
RAM Disk from StarWind Software, Inc.: High-
Performance RAM Disk Emulator. A RAM disk is a block
of RAM (Random Access Memory) that a computer treats
as if it were a locally attached Hard Disk Drive. It
is sometimes referred to as a virtual RAM drive or
software RAM drive. Because the speed of RAM is much
faster than most other kinds of storage, files on a
RAM disk can be accessed more quickly. Also because
the storage is actually in RAM, it is volatile memory
and will be lost when the computer powers off. This is
sometimes desirable, for example, when working with a
decrypted copy of an encrypted file. The decrypted,
potentially sensitive data, disappears when the
machine restarts. In many applications, data is copied
to a RAM disk from other media for much faster access.
With RAM drive emulation these virtual drives can be
more than 1000 times faster than your local hard
drive. They appear to your system and applications as
a standard disk volume where you can read and write
files. A Virtual RAM disk is based on software
abstraction that treats a segment of random access
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