Comments on: Use ReadyBoost to Speed up Vista http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/ Windows Vista and Windows 7 Help Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:08:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: hamzeh http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-25727 hamzeh Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:12:34 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-25727 i cant use Readyboost beckuse i dont have usb 2.0 i cant use Readyboost beckuse i dont have usb 2.0

]]> By: jeff http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-25725 jeff Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:49:56 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-25725 Wouldn't it be easier to just go back to windows XP? Wouldn’t it be easier to just go back to windows XP?

]]> By: Nick http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-25721 Nick Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:58:25 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-25721 This is undoubtedly NOT a good idea. Flash memory, especially flash memory on usb drives, is quite slow. 7200 RPM hard drives are much fater, although laptop 5400 RPM drives are about equal. You might as well use a normal pagefile. In fact, you could do this long before Vista with a tad more technical knowledge. The other reason this is dumb is because unlike hard drives, flash memory has LIMITED WRITE CYCLES! If you write to flash too much, it will wear out and stop working. Think of all the random files Vista is caching on your flash drive. It is sure to wear out within a few weeks. At that rate, you might as well spend the $50 or so to get enough RAM and have a truly faster computer. In fact, if you care about money anyway, you should either: a. use XP because you don't need as much RAM, or b. use linux because it needs even less and is free to download and install. Also, if you need a faster hard drive, you cold simply install a second one and set them up in a RAID 1 configuration to effectively double speed. Then ReadyBoost will have no effect anyway. I'm surprised that Microsoft came up with an idea this stupid (NOT!). This is undoubtedly NOT a good idea. Flash memory, especially flash memory on usb drives, is quite slow. 7200 RPM hard drives are much fater, although laptop 5400 RPM drives are about equal. You might as well use a normal pagefile. In fact, you could do this long before Vista with a tad more technical knowledge.

The other reason this is dumb is because unlike hard drives, flash memory has LIMITED WRITE CYCLES! If you write to flash too much, it will wear out and stop working. Think of all the random files Vista is caching on your flash drive. It is sure to wear out within a few weeks. At that rate, you might as well spend the $50 or so to get enough RAM and have a truly faster computer.

In fact, if you care about money anyway, you should either: a. use XP because you don’t need as much RAM, or b. use linux because it needs even less and is free to download and install.

Also, if you need a faster hard drive, you cold simply install a second one and set them up in a RAID 1 configuration to effectively double speed. Then ReadyBoost will have no effect anyway.

I’m surprised that Microsoft came up with an idea this stupid (NOT!).

]]> By: Sudhir http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-13796 Sudhir Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:30:43 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-13796 If I leave my flash drive even after I shut it down and re-start it, vista is not automatically allocating the memory on the flash drive on boot-up. I am having to once again go to the properties of the drive and change settings. Is there some way I can use readyboost right from startup. If I leave my flash drive even after I shut it down and re-start it, vista is not automatically allocating the memory on the flash drive on boot-up. I am having to once again go to the properties of the drive and change settings. Is there some way I can use readyboost right from startup.

]]> By: Examining ReadyBoost Performance - Windows Vista help http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-61 Examining ReadyBoost Performance - Windows Vista help Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:25:25 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-61 [...] The idea behind ReadyBoost is that you can plug in a USB flash drive and make your computer a little faster. You really shouldn’t obsess on it. After all, any performance gains you realize will quickly be lost if you spend hours analyzing whether it’s working or not. [...] [...] The idea behind ReadyBoost is that you can plug in a USB flash drive and make your computer a little faster. You really shouldn’t obsess on it. After all, any performance gains you realize will quickly be lost if you spend hours analyzing whether it’s working or not. [...]

]]> By: Vista Clues » ReadyBoost Performance Test - Windows Vista help http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-26 Vista Clues » ReadyBoost Performance Test - Windows Vista help Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:09:54 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-26 [...] If you have a slow hard disk, ReadyBoost (see instructions for setting up ReadyBoost) offers a significant performance boost. In my tests, adding a standard USB flash drive to a computer with a WEI disk rating of 3.7 reduced startup time about 30%. Adding ReadyBoost to computers with a WEI disk rating of 5.0 or higher did not improve startup time, but might slightly improve performance after startup. Future “Enhanded for ReadyBoost” flash drives will probably make more of a difference. [...] [...] If you have a slow hard disk, ReadyBoost (see instructions for setting up ReadyBoost) offers a significant performance boost. In my tests, adding a standard USB flash drive to a computer with a WEI disk rating of 3.7 reduced startup time about 30%. Adding ReadyBoost to computers with a WEI disk rating of 5.0 or higher did not improve startup time, but might slightly improve performance after startup. Future “Enhanded for ReadyBoost” flash drives will probably make more of a difference. [...]

]]> By: Vista Clues » Reader Question: ReadyBoost size - Windows Vista help http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-24 Vista Clues » Reader Question: ReadyBoost size - Windows Vista help Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:53:18 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/use-readyboost-to-speed-up-vista/#comment-24 [...] Indera writes (in response to my original ReadyBoost article): [...] [...] Indera writes (in response to my original ReadyBoost article): [...]

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