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Old 02-05-2007   #3 (permalink)
boe


 
 

Re: Using a Flash USB thumb drive to speed up performance?

Thanks - I have 2GB and I've never used more than 1.5 gb from what I can
tell using task manager.

"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
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> What ReadyBoost does is that it puts your pagefile onto the flashdrive as
> it is faster than your HD. It does work pretty good, depending on how much
> RAM you have. If your PC hits the HD a lot for paging (usually for 1GB of
> system RAM or less) then you will notice a difference. If you have 2GB or
> more then you probably wouldn't notice much of a difference.
>
> It does work great, though!
>
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
>
>
> boe wrote:
>> I've seen a few items about people using flash drives to speed up
>> performance in Vista. Anyone have any experience with that? Was there
>> a noticeable difference? What happens if you remove the drive. Any
>> good articles on configurations like this?
>>
>> Thank you
>>


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