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i found this and this is basically what im looking for. i was just trying to do it with system ram and a small os install. 800.00 was a little steep for me that is why i am looking for alternatives.

im new to the forum so if this is a repost i apoligize i did search but didnt find quite what i was looking for. i have 2 questions. i want to run my os from a ramdisk for performance purposes. i would even settle going back to windows 98 to get a decent size install. i am looking for a way to at boot-up have the os copy to ramdisk and run from there. i have only found one hardware solution and it is more money than i would ever dream of spending so i am looking for a way to do it through software. i play dark age of camelot mainly along with just a few other utility tasks on my pc so performance for me is priority. if i there really is no feasable ram disk solution i would like to go with a raid setup. the problem is as far as i know you have to have the drive established before the install. is there a way during install that you can set up a striped drive with the drives that list in windows setup when you start. i know they have controllers on motherboards for this sn scsi raid but i want to mix scsi and ide. the only way i can do this now is to install xp then make the mixed stripe drive: but then i cant run the os from it. i appreciate all the help. edited: there is so much information on this board it will take me a few days to get through it so i again apoligize but do appreciate the help.