What is RamDisk ?
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A Ramdisk is where a portion of your system memory is set aside in such a way that the operating system thinks it's a disk drive. The advantages are performance based: DRAM is faster than NAND flash and much faster than a hard disk drive. Disadvantages are that it's not a permanant storage (power off and the contents are wiped clear), the contents of the ramdisk need to be loaded with each boot, and you lose a portion of the system memory.
This doesn't happen by default or within Windows itself - you must have an application installed that has set this up. Have a look to see what programs you have running during boot up (CTRL+shift+ESC to start up Task Manager and go to the Start-up tab). Given that it would seem that this has installed without your knowledge, I'd personally advise you to disable it (and perhaps uninstall it).
This doesn't happen by default or within Windows itself - you must have an application installed that has set this up. Have a look to see what programs you have running during boot up (CTRL+shift+ESC to start up Task Manager and go to the Start-up tab). Given that it would seem that this has installed without your knowledge, I'd personally advise you to disable it (and perhaps uninstall it).
