Lost RAM : Recovering 1 GB And Activating ReadyBoost
Mar 22, 2009
I have just done a fresh install from the recovery partition in my Tohsiba X205 laptop. I have 4 GB of RAM installed, but I now see only 3 GB--and when I try to activate ReadyBoost, there is an error message telling me there is already a cache on another device in the system. Because of the sudden disappearance of 1 GB of memory, I suspect it has somehow been allocated to disk cach. How do I go about recovering that 1 GB and activating ReadyBoost.
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Jul 29, 2009
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Mar 26, 2008
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I had an 8 gig stick I was using before and it was working fine. Unfortunately my nephew knocked over my laptop and bent the stick. I just purchased a new 16 gig stick and put it in but it doesn't seem to be working. The stick is readyboost capable but the light isn't flashing. Tried it on another computer and it worked there. When I bring up the properties and click the readyboost tab it is never enabled. I click enable and apply and it flashes for about 10 seconds and then nothing again. This happens everytime I open the preferences and also happens with the other stick I bought for my other computer.
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Apr 6, 2008
I have a laptop with Vista, 2 GB RAM. Should I expect a performance boost if I use ReadyBoost? I have a built-in memory card slot that I never use, and I wonder if I should buy a ReadyBoost-capable card, stick it in there and use it to boost my computer. I use Home Premium and 2 GB was recommended, but will 2 or 4 GB available for ReadyBoost
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I've just installed a USB flash memory drive that is capable of supporting ReadyBoost. After setting up the memdrive to use ready boost all it seems to do is sit there and blink it's little LED's heart out. Is this normal when using ReadyBoost or is there a problem here?? Aside from that, I don't see any changes or benefits to my system. Is there away to test/check to see if readyboost is functioning correctly??
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