How to make a temporary virtual RAM drive that sits in your memory(RAM) note* you will acheave best results with 64 MB or more RAM. First and MOST importaint, make a back up copy of BOTH your Autoexec.bat AND Config.sys files and name them Autoexec.old. and Config.old in case you screw up and what you are going to try doesn't work. 1.Add these lines to your Autoexec.bat file. Open your Autoexect.bat with either Edot pad or through DOS with the EDIT command. findramd f: md internet c: "F:" will be the name of your new drive. If F is taken use the next available letter. "md internet" will create a folder on the drive called "internet" where all your files" will go to. You will need to specify this in your browser later. 2.Add these lines to your Config.sys file. device=c:\windows\emm386.exe ram devicehigh=C:\WINDOWS\ramdrive.sys /E 6144 The line "devicehigh=C:\WINDOWS\ramdrive.sys /E 6144" sets the drive to 6 Mb (6144:1024=6). If you want to have more, you multiply 1024 with the desired diskspace. You can try 1024*8=8192 for a 8 Mb-disk (you will have to put E/8192 then) 3.Re-start your PC. In My Computer you should see the new drive with the letter you specifed, named Ms-ramdrive (F:). Open it and create a folder named "internet".
4. Now you will have to configure your Browsers to send everything to that drive. In IE4, you click "view" and then "InternetOptions". In "Temporary Internet" you click "settings". There you click "move map", and after you do, you can point the location where the map has to be. In IE5 you choose Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings, then Move folder. There you find the path to your new virtual ram drive. In Netscape, go to EDIT, PREFERENCES, ADVANCE(twice), CACHE, there go to CHOOSE FOLDER or just type in the whole path to the virtual drive. 5.Re-boot again and you are done! What are the advantages of doing this? Simple-now you don't have to worry about cleaning your PC of any sensative files you have d/led, the folder "internet", together with al what's inside, will be gone everytime you shut down or restart your computer. final note* using the above directions, you can also force your news reader or any other Application to use the virtual Ram drive also. Enjoy!