Vista - Problems with Readyboost

01-07-2009

Hi,

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 ?

Thanks,

Mike

01-07-2009

it probably was formatted originally in fat32 and now you formated it in
ntfs

<mangled_us@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e8f84d11-32c8-49ee-a1ed-51252c92c22e@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Hi,
>
> 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 ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike

01-07-2009

On Jan 7, 2:17*pm, "CBoom" <some...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

> it probably was formatted originally in fat32 and now you formated it in
> ntfs

Hi,

It is formatted in FAT32 now, I don't remember what it was originally
formatted as.

Mike

01-07-2009

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
news:O#oQ00OcJHA.2112@xxxxxx

Quote:

> CBoom <someone@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> <n00b top-posting macro corrected>
>

Quote:

>>> 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 ?

>>
>> it probably was formatted originally in fat32 and now you formated it in
>> ntfs

>
> But ReadyBoost works on NTFS formatted flash drives, IIRC.
>
> ss.
>

01-08-2009

mangled_us@xxxxxx wrote:

Quote:

> Hi,
>
> 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 ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike

How much RAM do you have? If you have at least a gig of RAM then I would
just forget about using Readyboost. In most of the test it only improved
speed on system with less than a gig. If you want to speed up your
system get more RAM. It cheap right now.

gls858

01-07-2009	#1 (permalink)
mangled_us n/a posts	Problems with Readyboost Hi, 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 ? Thanks, Mike
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01-07-2009	#2 (permalink)
CBoom n/a posts	Re: Problems with Readyboost it probably was formatted originally in fat32 and now you formated it in ntfs <mangled_us@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e8f84d11-32c8-49ee-a1ed-51252c92c22e@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, > > 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 ? > > Thanks, > > Mike
My System Specs

01-07-2009	#3 (permalink)
mangled_us n/a posts	Re: Problems with Readyboost On Jan 7, 2:17*pm, "CBoom" <some...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > it probably was formatted originally in fat32 and now you formated it in > ntfs Hi, It is formatted in FAT32 now, I don't remember what it was originally formatted as. Mike
My System Specs

01-07-2009	#4 (permalink)
CBoom n/a posts	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 news:O#oQ00OcJHA.2112@xxxxxx Quote: > CBoom <someone@xxxxxx> wrote: > > <n00b top-posting macro corrected> > Quote: Quote: >>> 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 ? >> >> it probably was formatted originally in fat32 and now you formated it in >> ntfs > > But ReadyBoost works on NTFS formatted flash drives, IIRC. > > ss. >
My System Specs

01-08-2009	#5 (permalink)
gls858 n/a posts	Re: Problems with Readyboost mangled_us@xxxxxx wrote: Quote: > Hi, > > 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 ? > > Thanks, > > Mike How much RAM do you have? If you have at least a gig of RAM then I would just forget about using Readyboost. In most of the test it only improved speed on system with less than a gig. If you want to speed up your system get more RAM. It cheap right now. gls858
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