How to create a RAM Drive (RAM Disk) in Windows 2008 R2?

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Published on 2010-12-02T21:52:24Z Indexed on 2011/01/12 16:55 UTC
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There are lots of tools for creating RAM drives. None of them seem to work for windows 2008 R2. Does anyone know if this is possible and if so how. Does anyone know of a tool that does work?

I've tried the gavotte ram disk. It doesn't work. When i try to install it it just sais "Failed". I don't see log files anywhere. I've tried a couple of other ones (forgot the names) to no avail.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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