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HP RAMDisk The RAMDisk is volatile memory space set aside for temporary data storage. It is the Z drive shown in the My Computer window. The following items are stored on the RAMDisk: ● Browser Web page cache ● Browser history ● Browser cookies ● Browser cache ● Temporary Internet files ● Print spooling ● User/system temporary files You can also use the RAMDisk for temporary storage of other data (such as roaming profiles) at the administrator's discretion (see Local Drives on page 11). Use the RAMDisk Configuration dialog box to configure the RAMDisk size. If you change the size of the RAMDisk, you will be prompted to restart for changes to take effect. To permanently save the change, make sure to disable the write filter cache or to issue the -commit command during the current boot session before restarting. NOTE: The default optimal RAMDisk size is set to 16 MB. The maximum RAMDisk size that you can set is 96 MB. The minimum is 2 MB. When installing an application that requires greater than 16MB, you may want to temporarily increase the size of the RAMDisk. HP RAMDisk 39

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HP RAMDisk
The RAMDisk is volatile memory space set aside for temporary data storage. It is the Z drive shown in
the My Computer window.
The following items are stored on the RAMDisk:
Browser Web page cache
Browser history
Browser cookies
Browser cache
Temporary Internet files
Print spooling
User/system temporary files
You can also use the RAMDisk for temporary storage of other data (such as roaming profiles) at the
administrator’s discretion (see
Local Drives
on page
11
).
Use the RAMDisk Configuration dialog box to configure the RAMDisk size. If you change the size of the
RAMDisk, you will be prompted to restart for changes to take effect. To permanently save the change,
make sure to disable the write filter cache or to issue the -commit command during the current boot
session before restarting.
NOTE:
The default optimal RAMDisk size is set to 16 MB. The maximum RAMDisk size that you can
set is 96 MB. The minimum is 2 MB. When installing an application that requires greater than 16MB,
you may want to temporarily increase the size of the RAMDisk.
HP RAMDisk
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