Apple 145B manual Erasing a RAM disk, Resizing or removing a RAM disk

3.Click the On button below the words “RAM disk.”

4.Drag the slider to choose the percentage of available memory you want to use for your RAM disk.

Choose a size just large enough to accommodate the programs and documents you want to put on the RAM disk. Don’t choose a larger size than you need because memory set aside for the RAM disk won’t be available for opening programs.

The size of the RAM disk you select appears in the “RAM Disk Size” box.

5.Choose Restart from the Special menu.

A RAM disk icon appears on the desktop when the computer restarts.

6.Drag the items you want to the RAM disk icon.

Erasing a RAM disk

There are two ways to erase the contents of a RAM disk. They do not remove the RAM disk itself or make more memory available for opening programs.

mSelect the RAM disk icon and choose Erase Disk from the Special menu.

mDrag everything on the RAM disk to the Trash and choose Empty Trash from the Special menu.

Resizing or removing a RAM disk

1.Copy any programs or documents that you want to save onto the internal hard disk or a floppy disk.

If you want to resize a RAM disk, you need to remove its contents and then restore them.

2.Drag everything in the RAM disk to the Trash.

3.Choose Empty Trash from the Special menu.

4.Choose Control Panels from the Apple (K) menu.

5.Open the Memory control panel.

6.Drag the slider to choose the percentage of available memory you want to use for your RAM disk.

Drag the slider to 0% if you want to remove the RAM disk.

7.Choose Restart from the Special menu.

If you resized your RAM disk, a new RAM disk icon appears on the desktop when the computer restarts. If you removed your RAM disk, no icon appears.

8.If you resized the RAM disk, copy any items you want back to it.

SImportant: The contents of the RAM disk are erased when you choose Shut Down, though the RAM disk itself is not removed. S

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