H (hard disk emulation): the disk is emulated as a complete hard disk drive with partitions.This option is only available for NTFS volumes. C (compressed): the disk contents will be compressed when data is written to it.If this flag is not present, the disk is volatile. P (persistent): the disk contents will be saved to the associated image file upon shutdown.This option is recommended if you use the disk for sensitive data. W (wipe): the memory allocated for the disk will be securely erased on dismounting the disk.It will also be possible to eject the disk via Windows Explorer context menu. Windows will not create the Recycled or System Volume Information folders on this disk. R (removable): the disk is mounted as a removable disk.The flags shown in the list of disks can have one or more of the following values: Dynamic volumes are also supported for the RAM disks with the Hard Disk Emulation turned on. Note: RAM disks are not visible in the Disk Management console unless the Hard Disk Emulation is turned on. This is how the mounted RAM disks appear in Windows Explorer If you use a RAM disk for system temporary files, browser cache or files created by other applications, you should exit those applications or revert those files to the hard disk before deleting or unmounting the RAM disk, to prevent errors arising from the other software trying to access the RAM disk that became unavailable.
You can mount it again by choosing Disk – Mount. The disk will be removed from the system (unmounted), but will persist in the list of disks. To remove a disk temporarily, choose Disk – Unmount. This will unmount the disk and then delete it from the list of disks. After formatting, you can access the disk via Windows Explorer or other file manager.ĭisks that are no longer needed can be permanently removed by selecting the disk and then pressing the Delete button on the toolbar or choosing Disk – Delete from the main menu. If you did not choose to format the disk as FAT, FAT32, exFAT or NTFS, you will need to format it manually before you can use it. The newly added RAM disk will be automatically mounted and shown in the list of disks. button on the toolbar or choose Disk – Add.
0 kommentar(er)
