>Jay,
>
SNIPPAGE
>
>Eudora stores all sorts of stuff in the active system folder. One's browser
>bookmarks and such also end up there. So the old system folder just keeps
>getting bigger.
You can move the Eudora folder out of your system folder and then put an
alias of that folder back in its place. You can also set your browser to
use a different folder for your cache. Both of these will shrink your
system folder.
>
>I've used a RAM disk on my Performa for the browser cache so I generally
>know how they work. But if one runs into a hardware problem it seems all
>the old e-mail files and such would likely get lost.
Using the alias trick with the Eudora folder will prevent this.
>
>My current preferences folder is 7.5 megs huge.
>
>If I'm booting from the RAM disk only when I'm on a battery how could I use
>the e-mail files on the main system? If I'm using a RAM disk exclusively
>how can I shrink it enough to keep my e-mail and other on-line kinds of
>bulky system files?
>
>And is it really a good idea to be using 8.1?
>
>Still playing,
>
>John Siple
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