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SoftPerfect RAM Disk

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SoftPerfect RAM Disk

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  • Latest Version

    SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.4 LATEST

  • Review by

    Michael Reynolds

  • Operating System

    Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 / Windows 11

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    SoftPerfect Pty Ltd / External Link

  • Filename

    ramdisk_setup.exe

SoftPerfect RAM Disk is a high-performance RAM disk application that lets you have a disk on your computer entirely stored in its memory. As the memory is much faster than physical hard disks, storing temporary data on a fast in-memory disk achieves a higher performance. Whatever your job is, read on to find out what a RAM disk app can offer you.

SoftPerfect RAM Disk creates a virtual disk residing in the computer RAM accessible in Windows Explorer and other applications, allowing you to store any temporary information on this disk. Furthermore, Windows can be configured to use the program for temp files, so that the system and most other applications would use the fast in-memory disk for their temporary data. As Windows and other third-party applications often create a large number of temporary files for a short time only, using a RAM disk will extend your hard disk’s life by sparing it from excessive reading and writing. This is particularly valuable for solid-state drives (SSD), which have a limited number of writes.

Modern computers are equipped with at least 4 GB of RAM, and most of the time there is a lot of unused memory that could be used as a high-performance alternative to the slower HDD storage. This product lets you create any number of virtual RAM disks limited only by the memory available. You can also work with on-disk images and RAM disks associated with on-disk files to preserve your data between sessions.

While regular users will benefit from moving web browser caches and Windows temporary files to a RAM disk, IT professionals may find even more advantages. For example, programmers can speed-up the development process by redirecting intermediate compiler output to a RAM disk, database administrators can improve performance by using a RAM drive for things like tempdb, and so on.

Key features of the app:
  • Any number of RAM disks. In practice, up to 26 disks due to the number of drive letters available.
  • Any RAM disk size on 64-bit systems. Up to approximately 3.5 GB on 32-bit systems.
  • Persistent RAM disks with associated on-disk images.
  • Volatile RAM disks whose content disappears on shutdown.
  • Built-in disk image manipulation tools.
Five very good reasons to use SoftPerfect RAM Disk:
  • Higher computer performance. Provided you have a sufficient amount of RAM, using a fast in-memory disk for temporary data will boost the computer performance.
  • Reduced wear-and-tear of the physical disk. Because temporarily files are not written to the hard disk, there will be fewer read/write cycles, which is especially important for prolonging the life of solid-state drives (SSD) commonly installed on laptops.
  • Less junk on the hard disk. Many software applications create temporary files that remain undeleted although no longer needed. The contents of RAM disks is cleared every time the computer is restarted or switched off, so the unneeded files won’t clutter your hard drive.
  • Reduced file system fragmentation. The file system on your HDD will be far less fragmented as the temporary files will never be written to the hard disk.
  • Less noise and heat from the hard disk because the system will use the hard disk less intensively.
Note: 30 days trial version.

  • SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.4 Screenshots

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What's new in this version:

SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.4
- Added: macOS platform support
- Added: dark mode support for Windows
- Removed: obsolete interface translations


SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.3.3
- Added: ARM64 platform support on Windows 11
- Improved: read/write performance for small files


SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.3.2
- Fixed: image-based RAM disks could have inconsistent image data written on shutdown
- Fixed: a disk refused to mount if its image file was replaced by a larger image
- Improved: optimisations in GUI and reduced installation package size


SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.3.1
Fixed:
- read-only volume issue when saving to image
- occasional incorrect parameter error pop-up


SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.3
Added:
- Windows 11 support
- Saving volatile RAM disks to an image file

Fixed:
- Boot-time disks did full image update instead of differential
- Occasional failure to mount boot-time disks with Hard Disk Emulation
- Saving to image for disks that were changed from being persistent to non-persistent


SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.2
- Added: disk space gauge in the main view
- Added: custom cluster size support in command line parameters
- Improved: more reliable handling of system shutdown for writing image data
- Improved: more compact exFAT file allocation table for increasing available disk space
- Fixed: exFAT formatting for large disks with small clusters where FAT bitmap exceeded 64 bits


SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.1.1
- Improved: checking location permissions when creating images
- Improved: new user interface languages and minor enhancements


SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.1
- Fixed: a rare crash when multiple disks were defined and the first one had a linked image file
- Changed: Windows 7 is now the minimum required OS version


SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.0.9
- Added: NUMA-node parameter in the console edition
- Added: Windows Hybrid Boot detection and advice to turn it off
- Improved: up to 2x performance increase in multithreaded I/O


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