Annoying message when flash drive is inserted

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jim817

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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?
 

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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.
 

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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?
 

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jim817 said:
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?
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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.
 

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

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

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