What is Windows ReadyBoost and How to Configure ReadyBoost on Flash Disks
Memory is the main consideration for most systems and operating system.
Especially for Windows Vista, since it uses the graphics features for Avalon to
maximize media outcome memory is one of the most hesitated point on Vista.
Adding memory (RAM) to increase the memory size of your system is the best
way to make your pc ready for Vista, or even for other system to make it run
with a better performance. But sometimes adding memory or RAM is not so easy to
achieve.
Windows Vista now offers an easy way to increase your systems memory easily
and by just attaching a standart USB (universal serial bus) flash drive. This
additional flash memory is regarded as an additional memory cache that will be
accessed faster than a hard drive.
And it is so simple to configure your removable disks or USB flash drives for
ReadyBoost.
When you add the USB flash drive on your system, the AutoPlay popups the
below screen for the new Removable Disk attached to your current system.
Please take your attention on the "Speed up my system using Windows
ReadyBoost" button on the bottom of the AutoPlay screen popup.
If you want to use some sections or parts of this additional memory as the
computers memory cache, continue by selecting the "Use this device" option on
the ReadyBoost tab. Note that Vista offers an amount of memory that can be
reserved for use of memory cache. It is recommended to accept the suggested
amount of memory unless you plan to use some amount on the removable disk for
file storage. Any way you can adjust the amount of memory for ReadyBoost. But do
not forget that the removable media device (flash disk) must contain at least
256 MB disk space for Windows ReadyBoost.
Click Apply to take affect the new settings for ReadyBoost.
If you open the Windows Explorer and click on the Removable disk, on the
right pane you will see that an amount of memory (or disk space) is reserved as
ReadyBoost in the file type of ReadyBoost Cache File. For my USB drive you can
see that 440 MB is reserved.
You can open the properties of the removable disk or the ReadyBoost file
properties to see the configured options for ReadyBoost.
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