To save others the bother and in the hope that this will help others run CEP2 more efficiently I put this together. It needs to be tested and might need to be edited/moved by a CA/tech - work away, or post edits and I will change accordingly.

Guide to setting up and using RAMDisk for Windows platforms.

- RAMDisk is a tool that allows you to create a logical disk drive in DDR memory. If you place Boinc’s data directory in the RAMDisk, it can improve the performance of applications with heavy I/O use.

First you will have to install RAMDisk, and configure it. It can be downloaded from here,
http://tweaks.com/articles/42415/speed-up-dis...cations-with-a-ram-drive/

You will need to have plenty of RAM for this application. You can use up to 3.5GB RAM with the free version of RAMDisk. I would suggest using at least 1GB, but you should check the size of your Boinc data directory first, and make the RAM Driver bigger by at least 500MB.
Create a FAT 32 Partition.
Note the location of the RAM Drive, it could be E:/ for example.
With Boinc closed you will need to create or edit your cc_config.xml file and move the contents of the data directory to the RAMDisk.

The location of the cc_config.xml file varies with different operating systems:
For XP the default location is, C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC\
For Vista and W7 the default location is, C:\ProgramData\BOINC
- If the directory is hidden, type the location into Windows Explorer, or Configure Folder Options to show hidden files.

If there is no cc_config.xml file you will need to create one. This is easy to do using Notepad. When saving it, just remember to Save As, and change the Save As Type to All Files, then just name the file cc_config.xml.
Add the <data_dir>E:/Boinc</data_dir> line to the cc_config.xml file, or all the lines below if you have to create the cc_config.xml file:

<cc_config>
<options>
<data_dir>E:/Boinc</data_dir>
</options>
</cc_config>

- Where E: is the new RAM drive.
Copy Boinc’s entire data directory to the RAM Drive. You should note that the number of projects you run will determine the size of this directory. It could be as low as 500MB or over 3GB.
Configure the RAMDrive to automatically save your Boinc folder back to its hard drive location as you wish and to save on shutdown and start on startup.
Start Boinc.

An alternative method would be to perform a clean install of Boinc after creating the RAM disk, and configure Boinc to use the RAMDisk for Boinc’s Data directory during installation of Boinc, as long as you tell RAMDisk to backup to somewhere solid and copy on restarts.