Vista - Flash Drive being used as regular RAM or Readyboost

I am new here and have been unable to find how to activate my flash drive memory to be used as regular RAM ([I read I could some place and purchased a 8 Gig SD flash USB) or as a readyboost and would like to try it out instead of buying and installing RAM (currently at 1 Gig RAM) in to my lap top. Any ideas would be much appreciated as well as any idea's on how using my flash drive to enhance my system.

PS !This A to Z help page (s) is a God send!

Hi Mike,

Welcome to Vista Forums.

This tutorial may be able to help you use your Flash drive like RAM using ReadBoost.

ReadyBoost

Hope this helps,
Shawn

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Flash Drive being used as regular RAM or Readyboost

Shawn

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Take care,
Shawn

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No, that's not possible.


You're thinking of ReadyBoost. You can use it as ReadyBoost, but
that's not the same as using it as regular RAM.

In my experience, ReadyBoost helps only on computers with less
than 2GB of RAM. And since my recommendation is that any Vista
computer with less than 2GB should be upgraded to at least 2GB, I
think ReadyBoost is essentially useless.

Your money is better spent on more RAM than on a ReadyBoost device.

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