Microsoft Windows Vista Tip - how to enable readyboost

Only Buy certified readyboostAdding system memory (typically referred to as RAM) is often the best way to improve a PC's performance, since more memory means more applications are ready to run without accessing the hard drive. However, upgrading memory can be difficult and costly, and some machines have limited memory expansion capabilities, making it impossible to add RAM.Windows Vista introduces Windows ReadyBoost, a new concept in adding memory to a system. You can use non-volatile flash memory, such as that on a universal serial bus (USB) flash drive, to improve performance without having to add additional memory "under the hood."The flash memory device serves as an additional memory cache—that is, memory that the computer can access much more quickly than it can access data on the hard drive. Windows ReadyBoost relies on the intelligent memory management of Windows SuperFetch and can significantly improve system responsiveness.It's easy to use Windows ReadyBoost. When a removable memory device such as a USB flash drive or a secure digital (SD) memory card is first inserted into a port, Windows Vista checks to see if its performance is fast enough to work with Windows ReadyBoost. If so, you are asked if you want to use this device to speed up system performance. You can choose to allocate part of a USB drive's memory to speed up performance and use the remainder to store files. http://www.youtube.com/user/So...

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Author: SolidSnakeVI

Length: 01:12
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Video Comments

Flybyhacker (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

did it efective and power to your computer

8309400 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

excellent idea, flash drives have ramdom writes of lie 6 to 12 ms its the same as hard drives so you wont see a boost with flash usb keys , ram random writes are like 1 micro second.

EatPornAndLive (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

i don't get why corsair and ocz dont just dish out volatile ram based usb-keys for readyboost instead of flash ones, a 2 gig ddr ram usb key would take the bandwidth up to full usb2 spec, and would give you much greater access times (*micro-seconds* rather *than milliseconds*) for ready boost, flash aint a very logical or advantageous choice for ready boost, wouldnt you say?

crazycatfguy (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

For optimal performance you need to look up the drive in device manager and change the policy to optimize for performance. Then you need to format to ntfs file system.