Invalid letter string error when adding boot RAM disk

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A. C. Guest
7 Aug 2018

Good day.
I am trying to add a RAM disk with this command line:

ramdiskc.exe /add:"type=boot, letter=Z, fs=NTFS, size=1G"

... and getting this error: "General error: Invalid letter string: type=boot, letter=Z, fs=NTFS, size=1G"

Ann SoftPerfect
7 Aug 2018

These command line parameters work with ramdisk.exe and allow you to manipulate RAM disks configured in the running GUI instance.

If you want to use ramdiskc.exe, which is a console version designed to be called from services or scripts, simply run it without parameters to see its syntax and usage examples as shown below:

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