Kat don't leave and xms and ramdrive
Kat,
Sorry to give you a hard time. But if ramdrive is not needed, then why is
it used? It is needed when Win95 or Win98 has to come from a CD (an OEM
install). There is no CD driver in MSDOS to do this, and Win9x needs both
the extra room in ram to install its universal cd driver and its own
bootstrapping. Without the Himem and XMS it can't do anything. The whole
thing is actually quite an ingenious contraption, and it usually works
without a hitch. However, the point I was trying to make was that it will
be found somewhere in the OS files, sitting there dormant. It is rather
curious that Microsoft keeps it in the Windows directory even when it
should never be used again by Windows itself once it is installed.
However, it will probably be needed if you have a crash and have to
reinstall your OS from its backups, depending on how much it has cratered
itself.
Stick around, don't leave. You ask good questions. And you do program;
that is what EU is all about.
Sincerely,
Norm
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