RamDisk dramatically improves the I/O performance of all applications running on WindowsNT/2000/XP. In tests run with the Intel Iometer benchmark, RamDisk XP for example, shows greater than a 30X performance improvement over a standard Microsoft cached disk partition on the Windows XP operating system......That translates into a 5 to 10 times improvement in overall application speed for most applications running on Windows XP.... For applications that are pure I/O this means a 30 times improvement in application speed.

A typical user will see dramatic performance improvements in their application speeds, because the disk subsystem is the slowest part of the computer and it slows everything down. In order to access data stored on a disk drive, the user has to wait for the mechanical speed of the disk subsystem. All users need to do to improve application speed is install their applications on RamDisk XP. It looks just like a real drive, except that it is pure software. The software takes less than five minutes to install.

In order to see good results a user should have 256 MB of RAM or more, a minimum of 128 MB is required. Fortunately RAM is very inexpensive these days! Windows XP supports up to 4GB of RAM. Users can install their favorite applications on RamDisk XP and run them at blistering speed with no changes to the applications themselves.

The latest release of RamDisk XP features an auto backup system to the hard drive. This feature is a new feature, and is available for both the Home and Professional Editions of Windows XP, and supports both FAT and NTFS RamDisk partitions. The user selects the backup function from the RamDisk XP control panel at any time. The backup function requires you to press the backup button from the RamDisk XP control panel. When the system starts up, it restores the previous contents of the RAM drive to its original state. This restore process is completely transparent to the user.

RamDisk, Mission Critical applications & Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Unlike SuperSpeed and SuperCache, RamDisk maintains no relationship with the hard drive partition from which its data has been transferred, consequently should there be a power failure or system crash, all data will be lost. There are certain applications which would work exceedingly well in this type of a dynamic environment, such as temporary Internet files, computer games, Windows swap files, and other applications which would not be affected by a sudden system shut down. Databases which are performing transactional processes and Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional should only be run with SuperSpeed or SuperCache. Both of these products employ a safe and secure data writeback schematic, continually maintaining a relationship with the backing hard drive partition from which the data is derived.

In addition to a stand-alone application, RamDisk is also included as a module of SuperSpeed. In the tech notes on SuperSpeed, RamDisk functionality is covered.

RamDisk is compatible with WinNT 4.0/2000/XP

Your Dragon Dealer will assist you in maximizing your RamDisk installation.

Certified by Microsoft, SuperSpeed is available for the Windows NT/2000/XP OS