How to stop/start manually a disk?

[Tozo]

Hi!

Is there any way to stop or start the disk manually?
Because if I create a disk, in the main window i see in the "Image Status" box that "Save functions : Save at shutdown" but I want to stop it manually. Is there anyway to do this?
I don't want to save, remove and create every time a new disk.
It would be nice because I don't want to slow down the start and shutdown process of the computer.

Thanks for the answers!

Tozo

[support]

If I understand you correctly, you may not tick the option "Enable associated image file" when creating a ramdisk. Thus the ramdisk content will not be loaded at computer startup and saved at shutdown.

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For more details, please see
http://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/prim ... -file.html
http://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/prim ... -save.html
http://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/prim ... -disk.html

[Tozo]

Thank you!

This works, but
If I create a disk this way, it will not save the data, only If I push the save button. So far it's ok. And after a computer restart it not loads the contents of the saved "vdf" file, that's ok too. But how can I load the saved disk data into the previously created disk?
Maybe I'm blind again, but as far as I see there are only two ways to load the saved vdf. First one is to create a new disk from an image file where I have to browse that image. If I do this, then it will tick the "Enable associated image file" and I can't change that.
The second one is to change the properties the existing disk and tick the "Enable associated image file".
But in both cases we return to the original problem.

Thanks!

[support]

You are right, currently there is no easy way to simply load an image file to the ramdisk.
I think following methods may meet your requirement.

Method A:
1) Create a ramdisk from an image file.
2) Then modify its properties, de-associating the image file. (untick the option "Enable associated image file")

Method B:
Create a ramdisk from an image file and tick the option "One-time disk".
Of course, this method will cause the ramdisk disappear after computer restarts.

Hope this helps.

[Tozo]

For me the second option will be good, I just tried it and it works very well.

Thank you!

[support]

Just for additional information, version 5.6.0 has supported command line interface and new functions "Rebuild" and "Associate". Here this issue can be solved in more convenient way.
Please see
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1255

Thanks.