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[David (PassMark)]

It is hard to detect a RAM drive with any certainty. They look like a (fast & small) but otherwise normal looking hard drive to the operating system.

They don't support 'SMART', but neither do many other real hard drives.

Can't easily set a speed limit as the high end SSDs are getting close to low end RAM drive speeds. Especially the PCI-E based SSDs.

[NarkyMark]

.....Fair do's, yes I realised just how hard it would be to detect after I had posted my suggestion, IE: a Newer PCIe IODrive or highend SSD v a PC100 (or the likes) Ram Drive....

Anyway I have to say I was really impressed with your Ram Drive utility I have now just slaughtered the highest Disk Mark score 73,000+ and the highest i5 Pass Mark result also, plenty of room to spare too as I only did a mild RAM OC and lowered the xMulti' by 1, the rest was made up by the Ram Disk

[David (PassMark)]

There is no reason that 10 years from now all hard drives will be solid state & as as fast pure RAM drives. The distinction between a hard drive storage and RAM should disappear in future computers.

[NarkyMark]

.....Very true, I was looking at a fusion drive, until I saw the cost , but it's like anything non mainstream the cost is always hgh at first, I remember paying over 200GBP for a 1x CD Writer, now 52x drives are ten a penny!