The Implementation of a RAM Disk
Jie Tao Diao, Jing Wei Guo, Hong Qi Yu, Zhao Lin Sun, Haijun Liu, Hong Shan Nie · Applied Mechanics and Materials · 2012
RAM disk uses the memory of a computer to construct a high speed, high reliable storage space. Though it is useful, there is little information on the development of RAM disk, especially on Microsoft Windows platform. On Windows platform, RAM disk has to be realized though writing Windows drivers. Implement drivers for Windows is a challenging task that only a small group of programmer can handle for many years. Now, with the new Windows Driver Foundation (WDF), this task is much easier. In this paper, Microsoft’s skeleton RAM disk driver in Windows Driver Kit (WDK) was analyzed and modified. At last, a full function, resizable RAM disk driver was got.