Vista Tutorial - Readyboost and a USB 2.0 card

My PC is a 5 year old machine that only came with USB 1. I purchased a USB
2.0 card (which plugs into a PCI slot) and a 1GIG flash drive. Vista sees
the drive, but when I tried to set it up for readyboost it told me it didn't
meet the specs. Is this because readyboost will not work with card bases USB
2.?

Just to note: The drive works fine when I copy files to it.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Len

Read the ExtremeTech article for a primer.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2017844,00.asp

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"LenH" <LenH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My PC is a 5 year old machine that only came with USB 1. I purchased a
> USB
> 2.0 card (which plugs into a PCI slot) and a 1GIG flash drive. Vista sees
> the drive, but when I tried to set it up for readyboost it told me it
> didn't
> meet the specs. Is this because readyboost will not work with card bases
> USB
> 2.?
>
> Just to note: The drive works fine when I copy files to it.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>
> Len

I read the article and it was very helpful - and my problem may well be with
the specific drive I bought.

But, the articel did not address the PCI card based USB question. So, my
question still is: Will a PCI card based USB 2 work (assuming a supported
flash drive)?

Thanks again for your help

Len

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Read the ExtremeTech article for a primer.
> http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2017844,00.asp
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
>
> "LenH" <LenH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:906A0010-7CC9-433E-B79D-1B988DDF4380@microsoft.com...
> > My PC is a 5 year old machine that only came with USB 1. I purchased a
> > USB
> > 2.0 card (which plugs into a PCI slot) and a 1GIG flash drive. Vista sees
> > the drive, but when I tried to set it up for readyboost it told me it
> > didn't
> > meet the specs. Is this because readyboost will not work with card bases
> > USB
> > 2.?
> >
> > Just to note: The drive works fine when I copy files to it.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
> >
> > Len
>
>
>

I personally have not read anywhere that it will.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"LenH" <LenH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:476908F8-07E2-4E04-9627-13380B83EEBD@microsoft.com...
>I read the article and it was very helpful - and my problem may well be
>with
> the specific drive I bought.
>
> But, the articel did not address the PCI card based USB question. So, my
> question still is: Will a PCI card based USB 2 work (assuming a supported
> flash drive)?
>
> Thanks again for your help
>
> Len
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> Read the ExtremeTech article for a primer.
>> http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2017844,00.asp
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>>
>> "LenH" <LenH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:906A0010-7CC9-433E-B79D-1B988DDF4380@microsoft.com...
>> > My PC is a 5 year old machine that only came with USB 1. I purchased a
>> > USB
>> > 2.0 card (which plugs into a PCI slot) and a 1GIG flash drive. Vista
>> > sees
>> > the drive, but when I tried to set it up for readyboost it told me it
>> > didn't
>> > meet the specs. Is this because readyboost will not work with card
>> > bases
>> > USB
>> > 2.?
>> >
>> > Just to note: The drive works fine when I copy files to it.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>> >
>> > Len
>>
>>
>>