Vista - Memorex 4GB travelmate incompatible with ReadyBoost

Device manager->Disk Drives and select your flash drive, right click and go
to policies and change to optimize for performance if it is not set.

"Ron Miller" <millerDOT90@osu.edu> wrote in message
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> Keith wrote:
>> One other work-around is to go to the properties and set it to optimize
>> for performance - worked on my generic 2gb micro-center drive.
>
> Go to "properties" of what? The only place I can recall a choice like
> that is in Display properties.
>
>
> snip

"Keith" <krcumberbatch@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Device manager->Disk Drives and select your flash drive, right click and
> go to policies and change to optimize for performance if it is not set.
>
> "Ron Miller" <millerDOT90@osu.edu> wrote in message
> news:elhJ13lSHHA.4956@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Keith wrote:
>>> One other work-around is to go to the properties and set it to optimize
>>> for performance - worked on my generic 2gb micro-center drive.
>>
>> Go to "properties" of what? The only place I can recall a choice like
>> that is in Display properties.
>>
>>
>> snip
>

I bought a 4gb Sandisk Cruzer. Works great under Vista as a Ready-Boost
device. I gave Vista half of it. To be honest, I really can't say that
Vista is any snappier with it in, though. I am not in the habit of
measuring time in the milliseconds. All I know is that it's working,
because I can see the green light flashing when I have disk activity.

One thing which will REALLY give your install a boost is to TURN OFF
INDEXING service, and KEEP it off. With indexing turned on, my HDs are
constantly grinding, and all disk and Desktop operations are sluggish as
hell.

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Donald L McDaniel
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"Ron Miller" <millerDOT90@osu.edu> wrote in message
news:elhJ13lSHHA.4956@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Keith wrote:
>> One other work-around is to go to the properties and set it to optimize for performance -
>> worked on my generic 2gb micro-center drive.
>
> Go to "properties" of what? The only place I can recall a choice like that is in Display
> properties.

ReadyBoost can be a tricky thing to get working
on some flash drives, and a lot of flash drives
just aren't fast enough for ReadyBoost.

Try this first;
Go into Device Manager>Disk Drives
Find your flash drive. Double click it.
Policies tab.
Make sure "Optimize for performance" is checked.

Test again.

Sometimes even formatting the drive can do the trick.
Either FAT or FAT32.

Make sure it's not plugged into a USB hub.
Or, try plugging it into another slot.


ReadyBoost - Using Your USB Key to Speed Up Windows Vista
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...14/576548.aspx