Farstone VIRTUAL HARD DRIVE User Manual

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Virtual Hard Drive

For Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Server 2003

User’s Guide

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FARSTONE TECHNOLOGY, INC. (FARSTONE) END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR VIRTUAL HARD DRIVE, HEREAFTER
REFERRED TO AS THE "SOFTWARE"
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: THE USE OF THIS "SOFTWARE" IS SUBJECT TO THE "SOFTWARE" LICENSE TERMS OF
FARSTONE AND OTHER LICENSORS WHOSE SOFTWARE MAY BE BUNDLED WITH THIS PRODUCT.
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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 5

1.1 What is Virtual Hard Drive™? 5

Chapter 2 Installation 6

2.1 System Requirements 6

2.2 Installing Virtual Hard Drive 6

2.3 Uninstalling Virtual Hard Drive 6

Chapter 3 Using Virtual Hard Drive 8

3.1 Launching Virtual Hard Drive 8

3.2 Creating a RAM Disk 10

3.3 Moving files and folders to RAM Disk 10

3.4 Saving the RAM Disk image 10

3.5 Mounting an image to the RAM Disk 11

3.6 Removing RAM Disk from the system 12

3.7 Virtual Hard Drive settings 12

Chapter 4 Appendix 14

4.1 FAQ 14

4.2 Technical Support & Product Upgrade 14

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Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 What is Virtual Hard Drive™?

Virtual Hard Drive (hereinafter referred to as VHD) is a program that takes a portion of your system
memory (RAM) and uses it to simulate a hard disk drive, dramatically increasing file read speed. Virtual
Hard Drive boosts the performance of your programs by reading information in just nano-seconds!

Virtual Hard Drive allows disk data to be accessed at physical memory speed. VHD is not a physical hard
disk on a physical drive, but rather a 'virtual' disk in the RAM memory. It is faster than any hard disk
available and it can enhance performance if used correctly. This feature makes it especially useful for some
frequently accessed programs, files and folders. For example, you can move your browser's cache folder
to a RAM disk, which may significantly increase speed while browsing the Internet. You can also choose
not to save the Virtual Hard Drive image after shutting down the computer, which can remove the massive
cache files and save your disk space.

The data stored on the RAM Disk is lost when you shut down your PC. But Virtual Hard Drive provides
a special function that allows users to save the data in the RAM Disk as an image file when the computer
is turning off. In addition, the image can be loaded into the Virtual Hard Drive automatically (or manually)
when the computer is started. You can treat it as if it is another hard disk drive so you do not need to
worry about data loss. The only difference between a RAM Disk Drive and a Hard Disk Drive is Virtual Hard
Drive’s amazing speed.

The figure below (Fig. 1) shows the user-friendly interface of Virtual Hard Drive.

Fig. 1

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