Vista - ReadyBoost??

hello i bought a patriot 2.0 2gb flash drive to use just for readyboost, i
formated it with both fat32 and ntfs but it tells me that "this device dose
not have the required performance charateristics for use in speeding up your
system" what could be the problem thanks.

The drive you purchased does not meat the speed requirements to implement
ReadyBoost. Search Google for ReadyBoost Drives.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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"Charles Harris" <snobro@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:OFGduaWxHHA.2432@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> hello i bought a patriot 2.0 2gb flash drive to use just for readyboost,
> i formated it with both fat32 and ntfs but it tells me that "this device
> dose not have the required performance charateristics for use in speeding
> up your system" what could be the problem thanks.
>

Charles;
The drive may not meet the requirements.
Even different drives from the same manufacturer will vary in
performance.
Is that drive advertised as Ready Boost capable?

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"Charles Harris" <snobro@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:OFGduaWxHHA.2432@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> hello i bought a patriot 2.0 2gb flash drive to use just for
> readyboost, i formated it with both fat32 and ntfs but it tells me
> that "this device dose not have the required performance
> charateristics for use in speeding up your system" what could be the
> problem thanks.
>

You did not get a fast enough fast drive. See the following.

http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...02/615199.aspx


"Charles Harris" <snobro@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:OFGduaWxHHA.2432@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> hello i bought a patriot 2.0 2gb flash drive to use just for readyboost,
> i formated it with both fat32 and ntfs but it tells me that "this device
> dose not have the required performance charateristics for use in speeding
> up your system" what could be the problem thanks.
>

Charles,

Not all flash drives are made sufficiently speedy to support ReadyBoost.
The message you are getting tells it all. You can use that flash drive for
general purposes, but go ahead and replace it with one that indicates that
it's ReadyBoost capable.
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freddy


"Charles Harris" wrote:

> hello i bought a patriot 2.0 2gb flash drive to use just for readyboost, i
> formated it with both fat32 and ntfs but it tells me that "this device dose
> not have the required performance charateristics for use in speeding up your
> system" what could be the problem thanks.
>
>