Vista - ReadyBoost? ... just a FWIW

Perhaps it was the media itself (2GB "High Speed" SD), but upon removing it
after a three day what-the-hell test/try out period, all the random startup
hangs, shutdown delays, random seize ups, etc., have completely disappeared
on this notebook Vista Business installation.

Granted, with 2GB RAM it was obviously not necessary in the first place, but
perhaps more to the point, it appears to have been totally undersirable ...
at least on this machine, a Dell XPS M1210.

FWIW

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"Swingman" <kac@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps it was the media itself (2GB "High Speed" SD), but upon removing
> it after a three day what-the-hell test/try out period, all the random
> startup hangs, shutdown delays, random seize ups, etc., have completely
> disappeared on this notebook Vista Business installation.
>
> Granted, with 2GB RAM it was obviously not necessary in the first place,
> but perhaps more to the point, it appears to have been totally
> undersirable ... at least on this machine, a Dell XPS M1210.
>
> FWIW
>
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> www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 6/1/07
> KarlC@ (the obvious)



I had a host of trouble when I used readyboost on my PC too. When I stopped
using it they went away.

"Swingman" <kac@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:OktJjQ0uHHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Perhaps it was the media itself (2GB "High Speed" SD), but upon removing
> it after a three day what-the-hell test/try out period, all the random
> startup hangs, shutdown delays, random seize ups, etc., have completely
> disappeared on this notebook Vista Business installation.
>
> Granted, with 2GB RAM it was obviously not necessary in the first place,
> but perhaps more to the point, it appears to have been totally
> undersirable ... at least on this machine, a Dell XPS M1210.
>
> FWIW
>
> --
> www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 6/1/07
> KarlC@ (the obvious)
>
>


I used a 1GB flash drive for ReadyBoost on a laptop with 512MB RAM. I used
it for about a month and did not experience the problems you've detailed. Am
I saying you shouldn't have had problems? No. As you yourself said, "Perhaps
it was the media itself..."

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