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How does copying files work with regards to RAM, and can I speed this up?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 202611746 views
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I have always wondered why my computer would copy files to an external drive at first at high speed, and then 'hang' for a while before continuing. When I upgrade RAM from 1GB to 2GB I noticed this 'hanging' happened way less. I have now come to a 'conclusion' that RAM is used to store the data and…

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You are witnessing a "Data Buffer", which is a standard part of (practically) all computers. From that Wikipedia link: In computer science, a buffer is a region of a physical memory storage used to temporarily hold data while it is being moved from …

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