USB Memeory Stick For Readyboost?
Apr 3, 2008Is there a list somewhere of makes of USB memory sticks that will work with Readyboost?
(I have two, but neither will work.)
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Readyboost
Feb 7, 2010I 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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Mar 23, 2008Vista Home Premium with 2GB memory DDM installed.
Desktop computer, 320GB hdd. Brand new.
Added a 2gb pen drive in an extra USB 2.0 port on back of computer which indicates when I look at drive (right click> properties> ready boost) that ready boost is activated, cache set at 1810 mb, the maximum suggested by ready boost.
Yet, in Vista welcome center, only 1.87 GB ram shows.
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Will ReadyBoost Do Anything Significant
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ReadyBoost Crap Shoot
Mar 23, 2008Just sharing an experience. These ReadyBoost usb thumb drives seem to be a real hit and miss thing. I just bought a Patriot 16GB Xporter XTBoost usb thumb drive. I tried it on one computer running Vista Ultimate x64 and the machine just kept trying to find a driver for it but never succeeded in mounting it.
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ReadyBoost With An SD Flash Card?
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Jun 2, 2008How to detect whether readyboost is active or not? I have a 2GB USB Sandisk with U3, it was once used for readyboost, but no more (at least, I don't want it to be). Apparently, because it has U3 on it, when the autoplay comes up one doesn't even see readyboost as an option under 'General Options'. However, if one does a 'properties' and navigates to the 'Readyboost' tab, it is always set as if it were being used - even though it doesn't appear like it actually is.
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