Specifications

32 Troubleshooting
and are sometimes very small. For efficiency reasons, Miray RAM Drive will
only consider storage areas that have a certain minimum size. Due to this, the
memory available for the RAM drive is about 1-5% less than the actually avail-
able memory.
10.1.3 Insufficient memory (switching on)
The actually available memory in the system
is subject to temporal changes, so that the
slider may display a higher value than actually
available. In this case, the switching-on com-
mand is aborted and an appropriate error
message displayed. The slider then updates
its values automatically, allowing you to try
again.
Explanation: The reason for this behavior is a potential change in the actually
available memory size between detection and actual reservation by Miray RAM
Drive. When Miray RAM Drive determines the maximum available memory, this
space is not reserved immediately, but just when turning on the RAM drive; only
at this point is the maximum available memory actually known. The fluctuations
are usually small, and can be avoided by the Miray RAM Drive’s own intelligence
and logic. For larger fluctuations, however, the above error message may occur.
10.2 Driver and service problems
10.2.1 Service not started
Explanation: This error message (4Fig. 36)
occurs when Miray RAM Drive is started from
a standard user account (without administra-
tor rights), but the windows service required
in this case (the Miray RAM Drive Service) is
not started.
Solution: There are three ways to fix this:
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If you have previously stopped the service
manually, restart it before starting Miray RAM Drive.
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You can start Miray RAM Drive with administrator privileges (Elevated Mode,
right-click + Run as administrator
). This is particularly necessary if you un-
checked the Install service option during the Miray RAM Drive installation.
Fig. 35: RAM drive too large
Fig. 36: Service not started