Ramdisk that works in Windows 7

Many of the users are having problems in trying to get the RAMdisk working in their netbooks. We have a simple solution to this problem. Just download and install Gavotte Ramdisk and you will good to go.

For those who do not know the advantages of the RAMdisk, you can see more information here. RAMdisk is not only good for the ones that use the SSD drivers, but is also great for the people who want to speed up their system. It also helps you to keep you system clutter free as temp data and Internet cache is not being stored in the hard disk/SSD

RAMdisk setup on EEEbuntu/Linux

A lot of us have switched to EEEbuntu on our EEE PCs. If you are like me, who likes to keep his netbook clutter free, you will want to set up RAMdisk. And if you thought that setting up RAMdisk in Windows XP was easy (see this article), then in EEEbuntu, it is even easier.

• RAMdisk is located at “/dev/shm”
• Open firefox and type in about:config in the address bar
• Click on “I’ll be careful”
• make a new string browser.cache.disk.parent_directory
• give it a value /dev/shm
• restart firefox

Usual warning about RAMdisk: you will loose all the data upon restart. That is why, it is only recommended for web browsers

TIP for Netbooks with small SSDs – move data to SDHC card or other external storage [Netbook]

Many people still go for the SSDs models for netbooks due to their rugged nature and more reliability. Manufactures often go for the SSDs with smaller storage capacities to keep the price of the netbooks down. The user of the netbook often has to face storage problems. I advice all of these users to use [...]

How to increase the performance of your ASUS EEE PC by using RAMdisk

ASUS EEE PC 70x, 900, 901 and so on uses SSD. True, some of the latest models are coming with Hard Disk Drives instead of SSD. I have always preferred SSD in such small mobile devices. Why? That I’ll be mentioning in my future posts. Let’s me come back to the topic. How to increase [...]