Posts tagged file management

Free RAM disk works on Windows 7

Jan 19th

Posted by Administrator in E-Musings

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Back in September 2007, I mentioned a free RAM Disk software. This 32-bit application (as a device driver) served me well. Unfortunately it didn’t work on the 64-bit Windows 7 RC1 trial I installed on my home computer. And even though I continued to use a RAM disk at work, a TCP stack problem meant the rest of the office couldn’t see my computer nor I theirs!

There’s still a couple of months to go before the Windows 7 RC copies expire in early March 2010. Actually they will keep working until June 2010 but will shut down every hour. Which More >

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TeraCopy for hi-speed file transfers

Dec 14th

Posted by Administrator in E-Musings

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I recently downloaded and installed the free (for home/personal use) TeraCopy. I was looking for a high speed set and forget file copy utility that didn’t lockup up the host application. In Windows Explorer (XP, Vista, Windows 7) when you initiate a file copy or move, the source Explorer Window is locked. You need to open a second session that then leaches into available system resources: a key issue with all 32-bit Windows that only address 3.5 GB of RAM. Windows 64-bit versions are a bit better. But Explorer is still a memory hog. And even third-party replacements like TotalCommander More >

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