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RDRVSX32: FAT32 RAM drive for HimemSX (Announce)

posted by Japheth Homepage, Germany (South), 17.03.2022, 11:32

> Btw, comparing FAT32 (rdrvsx32.exe) and FAT16 (modified shsurdrv that also
> uses super-extended memory) disk access times reveals that the FAT32
> ramdisk is significantly slower. Copying a directory of about 6000 files (
> virtually all are LFNs, total size is about 500 MB ) to the ramdisk needs
> about half a minute for FAT16, but 2 min & 15 seconds for FAT32. So the
> FAT32 option is probably only useful in rare cases.

Ok, now testing with the new doslfnms.com, things look a lot better: copying to the FAT16 ramdisk needs 15 s, while the copy to FAT32 needs 17 s.

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