Annoying message when flash drive is inserted

Hello everyone. From the device manager, I changed the setting for my flash drive from Optimize for Performance to Optimize for Quick Removal.

This basically means that I don't have to safely remove the flash drive when I'm done, I just remove it.

however, the annoying thing with this is everytime I insert that flash drive, Vista gives an annoying prompt asking if it should Scan and Fix my flash drive. It tells me there might have been a problem with files on this device and that this can happen if I remove the device before files are written. It then gives me the option to Scan and Fix or to Continue without scanning.

Is there a way to get rid of this prompt everytime I use my flash drive?

I get those sometimes, but I have never made any changes except going from ReadyBoost and back--never using the quick remove setting. I wonder if setting the drive the way you want and formatting would do the trick.

I think it was originally on the quick removal setting, but then I changed it because I wanted performance.

I changed it again, and now I always get this error. I think I might try reformatting it. Is your set on quick removal when you go to device manager?

No, I never use quick removal. But, as noted above, I still get the same message as you--presumably because I have gone back and forth between ReadyBoost and no ReadyBoost.

oh ok.

Its just bothersome.

That it is. Let us know if formatting banishes the antagonist.

Suhweet!!

It worked. After formatting it, I no longer get that message. Thanks a lot.

A related question...does ReadyBoost allow Windows Vista to use a USB drive as extra RAM?

Hi KingOfChaos

You might want to give this Tutorial a read.

ReadyBoost

Hope this helps.

Truthfully though, I've tried it with a 2GB Flash Drive when I had 1GB of RAM (I now have 2 GB), and I didn't notice any real speedup in application launch time, but I might have not used a fast enough flashdrive or it might have been too small.

Your best off buying RAM.