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JANUS? 2020 Hand-Held Computer (4MB) - Intermec

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Creating and Using a Physical RAM Drive<br />

NF BC Learning About the Software<br />

3<br />

A physical RAM (random access memory) drive is a disk drive that exists only<br />

in your reader’s extended memory. You create, read, write, and delete files on<br />

a RAM drive the same way you can on a hard disk drive. RAM drives are<br />

faster than hard disk drives because the contents of a RAM drive are, by<br />

definition, always resident in RAM.<br />

By default, your reader’s drive E is configured in the CONFIG.SYS file as a<br />

256K RAM drive. You can use the same DOS commands and Norton utilities<br />

on a RAM drive that you can on a hard disk drive.<br />

Understanding When Files Are Saved or Lost<br />

Make sure you understand when the files on a RAM drive are saved or lost:<br />

When You Do This RAM Drive Files Are<br />

You press to turn off the reader. Saved<br />

You warm boot the reader. Saved<br />

You cold boot the reader. Lost<br />

You load the reader’s flash memory. Lost<br />

You put the reader in Storage mode. Lost<br />

You execute CONFIG.SYS after changing the<br />

command that creates the RAM drive.<br />

You turn off the reader (by pressing or<br />

removing the battery) while the reader is<br />

performing a warm boot.<br />

Lost<br />

Lost<br />

Copy all important files from the RAM drive to another drive or another<br />

computer before you perform any task that causes the files to be lost.<br />

Note: If you need to cold boot the reader, you may be able to save the contents of the<br />

RAM drive. For help, see “Saving the Contents of the RAM Drive” in Chapter 10.<br />

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