Hi,
I have recently done a fresh install on an Intel Core i5 HP notebook, with Windows 7 HomePrem SP1 64bit OEM.
RAMdisk was one of the first programs to be installed, and worked fine, UNTIL i just installed only a few of the latests windows updates. Now, the RAMdrive does not automatically mount anymore after startup.
The problem therefore seems to be related to installing the following Windows Updates (since this is the only change after which the problem occurred). Installed on 1st of October 2015:
KB3083324
Definition update for Windows Defender KB915597 (v. 1.207.1296.0)
KB3020369
KB3077715
The GUI program does start at system startup: the RAMdisk icon is present in the systemtray. When I open the GUI, the RAMdisk is still present, just not mounted. I can still manually mount it with the mount option.
Ramdisk details:
512MB drive,
mount as B:
Created as boot-time disk (not login-time)
HardDisk Emulation enabled
NTFS filesystem
Any idea what the cause can be? Is there a logfile anywhere that I can check to see the status of mount-actions? (or mount-attempts?)
Thanx.
SoftPerfect RAM Disk
RAMdisk not auto-mounting after Windows Updates
Started by BrainCrash
BrainCrash
RAMdisk not auto-mounting after Windows Updates 02 October 2015, 05:52 |
Re: RAMdisk not auto-mounting after Windows Updates 02 October 2015, 09:12 |
Admin Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 3 518 |
This could be virtually anything, but usually it happens when the kernel refuses allocation of a large memory block (512 MB is not large as such, but may be a significant part of all available RAM - depends on how much RAM there is in total).
Another possibility is when you have the HDD emulation on it may take longer to mount the drive. You can try turning this option off or switch to a logon-time RAM drive.
Another possibility is when you have the HDD emulation on it may take longer to mount the drive. You can try turning this option off or switch to a logon-time RAM drive.
BrainCrash
Re: RAMdisk not auto-mounting after Windows Updates 04 October 2015, 07:08 |
Thanx for answering!
The computer has 4GB of RAM by the way.
I fixed it in the meantime though.
What i did:
- Tried removing and re-adding the RAMdrive from the GUI using same settings: no effect, still wouldn't mount automatically.
- Uninstalled the entire RAMdisk application
- Re-installed it.
- Created a new RAMdisk, using the following settings
-- Changed drive letter from B: to R:
-- Changed filesystem from NTFS to FAT32
-- Kept size the same at 512MB
-- Kept Harddisk Emulation the same at Enabled
-- Kept type the same at Boot-Time disk
After this, it worked again. So, I'm not sure exactly what fixed it (the re-install, driveletter or filesystem change) because i did everything at once, but at least it IS fixed! Working properly now.
The computer has 4GB of RAM by the way.
I fixed it in the meantime though.
What i did:
- Tried removing and re-adding the RAMdrive from the GUI using same settings: no effect, still wouldn't mount automatically.
- Uninstalled the entire RAMdisk application
- Re-installed it.
- Created a new RAMdisk, using the following settings
-- Changed drive letter from B: to R:
-- Changed filesystem from NTFS to FAT32
-- Kept size the same at 512MB
-- Kept Harddisk Emulation the same at Enabled
-- Kept type the same at Boot-Time disk
After this, it worked again. So, I'm not sure exactly what fixed it (the re-install, driveletter or filesystem change) because i did everything at once, but at least it IS fixed! Working properly now.