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Old 01-07-2009   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Problems with Readyboost

the question is " what changed" all things being equal perhaps the file
format changed from ntfs to fat or vise versa


"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> CBoom <someone@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> I have a compactflash card which I have been using with the Vista x32
>>> ReadyBoost capability. Yesterday it suddenly stopped working and did
>>> not show the ReadyBoost tab in the Properties manu. When I took the
>>> card to another PC and reformatted it now shows the ReadyBoost tab but
>>> says the device reader is not supported. Apart from reformatting the
>>> card ast stated I have done absolutely zip to change the settings of
>>> this PC so am at a loss to know what has happened.
>>>
>>> Any ideas ?
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>> it probably was formatted originally in fat32 and now you formated it in
>> ntfs
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> But ReadyBoost works on NTFS formatted flash drives, IIRC.
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> ss.
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