It was an experiment for both my amusement and to see if I could actually get it to work. You are only limited by your imagination and by the amount of spare RAM installed in your computer.įor your entertainment, and mine, I once installed the entire Skyrim game on a RAM Drive. This has been a rather windy discussion of RAMDrives and a few suggested uses.
That is always a plus where SSDs are concerned. If you happen to be the proud owner of a new Solid State Drive, then you will have the added benefit of reducing write operations to that drive. Temporary System and User Files are another set of files that have a need for speed. You should see the the cache files being placed there when you open your browser. Go to your new RAM Drive and check the various folders while your browser is running. In all the above examples you can test that everything is working by using your favorite file manager. Note: If you are using a Firefox variant such as Palemoon or Waterfox, these settings work in those browsers as well. I recommend re-starting Firefox when you are finished. Simply Right-click the Preference Name and choose Modify.And there is no way to delete an entry from within this window once it has been entered. Note: Do not capitalize nor add spaces pay attention to spelling and punctuation. You can see the indicated example of mine in the above image. Just type in the complete path to the folder you previously set aside on your RAM Drive for the Firefox cache.
You will then be asked for the string value.