"StoneColdChris" <StoneColdChris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>I just bought a Memorex 2 GB mini travel drive - USB 2.0. I asked the tech
>at
> Best Buy if it would work with ReadyBoost, and he just shrugged his
> shoulders
> and said, I dunno. Plugged it in (I have Vista Home Premium) and I got the
> message, "This devise does not have the required performance
> characteristics
> for use in speeding up your system." Clicked to have it re-test, and then
> re-booted the system. left it in the USB port. Now, when I click on the
> drive, it shows a ready boost icon, and that message no longer appears.
> How
> do i know if this thing is working with ready Boost or not?
Open the Reliability and Performance Monitor. Go to Start | type in
Reliability. Click on the link that appears at the top left. When opened,
expand the disk section section and look for writes to
X:\Readyboost.sfcache
Where X: is the drive letter assigned to the readyboost drive.
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...14/576548.aspx
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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]