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Free RAM disk works on Windows 7
Jan 19th
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 >
TeraCopy for hi-speed file transfers
Dec 14th
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 >
Free Windows Defragmenter does Folders and Drives
Jan 2nd
This is to introduce you to the superb Auslogics Disk Defrag software. That can handle defragmentation not only at the drive level. But can also defragment individual folders.
For those new to computer maintenance (and this blog?), defragmentation is
a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems. It does this by physically organizing the contents of the disk to store the pieces of each More >
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