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HP RAMDisk
The RAMDisk is volatile memory space set aside for temporary data storage. It is the Z drive shown in
the My Computer window.
The following items are stored on the RAMDisk:
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Browser Web page cache
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Browser history
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Browser cookies
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Browser cache
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Temporary Internet files
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Print spooling
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User/system temporary files
You can also use the RAMDisk for temporary storage of other data (such as roaming profiles) at the
administrator’s discretion (see
Local drives on page 9).
Use the RAMDisk Configuration dialog box to configure the RAMDisk size. If you change the size of the
RAMDisk, you will be prompted to restart for changes to take effect. To permanently save the change,
make sure to disable the write filter cache or to issue the -commit command during the current boot
session before restarting.
NOTE: The default optimal RAMDisk size is set to 16 MB. The maximum RAMDisk size that you can
is 64 MB. The minimum is 2 MB.
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