Increasing the Speed of a Vista-Operated PC

Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Jason

If you have a spare U.S.B. flash drive with at least 256 megabytes of free space on it, you can use it to give your Windows Vista-operated PC an extra cache of memory to help increase speed, using the Windows ReadyBoost feature. Just plug the drive into a U.S.B. 2.0 port, and if it is fast enough to work with ReadyBoost, the system will prompt you to set it up. You do not have to erase any existing files on the drive and can indicate how much space you want to use for storage. The feature also works with Secure Digital cards.

Windows ReadyBoost can use storage space on some removable media devices, such as USB flash drives, to speed up your computer. When you insert a compatible device, the AutoPlay dialog box will offer you the option to speed up your system using Windows ReadyBoost.

1. Plug a flash drive or other removable media device into your computer. This should automatically open AutoPlay. If AutoPlay does not open, it might have been disabled. For more information, see Troubleshoot AutoPlay problems.

2. Under General Options, click Speed up my system. This will display the Properties dialog box for your flash drive or other removable media device.

3. Click the ReadyBoost tab, and then do one of the following:

• To turn ReadyBoost off, click Do not use this device.

• To turn ReadyBoost on, click Use this device, and then move the slider to choose how much of the available space on your flash drive you want to reserve for boosting your system speed.

4. Click OK.

Note The removable media device must contain at least 256 megabytes (MB) of space to work with Windows ReadyBoost.

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  2. stooge on 26 Mar 2008 at 9:59 am #

    If you have a truckload of RAM Readyboost doesn’t do much at all,if anything at all. But Readyboost will sure wear out your USB Thumbdrive super fast. You will get less than half the life out of what you would normally get from your Flash drive.

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