"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:OQv26IuhHHA.2368@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "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
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
Hey Rock... pretty cool. Admittedly, I'm not sure how the numbers relate to
system performance; I've got 2GB's RAM and am using 980K on the flash drive
for RB and it's using RB pretty much all the time. Thanks for posting this!
Lang