Not a lot of people know about ReadyBoost, well I didn’t know about it till now. I use the Windows XP operating system and ReadyBoost is only available on Windows Vista OS. ReadyBoost is quite a useful feature, you can speed up your system by using the Ready Boost feature on Windows Vista. Usually people install more RAM to increase their PC’s speed but it can be a bit of a hassle to install new RAM. RAM is costly and there might be another problem while upgrading your RAM - there might not be any more RAM expansion slots left to install it in.
Ready Boost is the cheapest way to increase performance on Windows Vista. Windows XP used the hard drive as additional RAM or “Virtual Memory” when all of the actual RAM is used up, this can really affect the performance of a PC. The system becomes sluggish as it takes time to read/write data on a Hard drive compared to RAM. Virtual Memory function is still available on Windows Vista but Microsoft has added a new feature called Windows ReadyBoost which uses Flash memory as RAM. Flash memory is a lot faster than hard drives whilst transferring data so using Flash memory makes a lot of sense. People who use Windows Vista can easily boost their system performance without having to install a RAM in the motherboard. Using the Windows Vista ReadyBoost feature is really easy, just plug-in flash memory via a USB port and go to the properties of the flash memory you just plugged in on “My Computer” and tweak the ReadyBoost settings there (You can even use a SD Card if you have a memory card reader). Allocate as much space as you like on your flash drive and apply the settings. That’s it, you have just increased the performance of your system with the new ReadyBoost feature. I still have no plans of upgrading to Windows Vista any time soon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost
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February 5th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
What USB drives are readyboost compatible? I want to try this out because vista can be pretty darn slow sometimes
February 6th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
You can find a list of compatible readyboost memory here:
http://www.readyboostmemory.com/
February 17th, 2008 at 11:27 am
i really need yhis software t speed up my system. somtimes window vista becomes so slow.i am nt happy with its performance.
February 17th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
@ abhishek
actually there is no need to use any software, the readyboost thing is already available on Windows Vista. just plugin your flash memory and use the readyboost feature which is available in the flash drive’s properties (my computer>right click the flash device>properties>go to readyboost tab and tweak the settings.
February 20th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
From the article:
“Flash memory is a lot faster than hard drives whilst transferring data so using Flash memory makes a lot of sense.”
I don’t think so.
USB isn’t faster than SATA or even EIDE, it *is* faster when the system is being pounded for disk read/writes from applications and crammed full RAM swapping to disk tho I’d bet, and thus this solution.
March 27th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
How does Ready Boost compare to RegCure? I recently bought this product at http://www.pc-registry-repair.com but have not ran it yet.
Thanks
-Jason
March 27th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Readyboost and regcure are two totally different things.