Hello.

I read that Vista and Windows 7 can be sped up faster by using Flash USB
sticks/drives (have 256 MB to 1 GB sizes). Can this be done with an
updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 too?

Thank you in advance.
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Ant <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hello.
>
>I read that Vista and Windows 7 can be sped up faster by using Flash USB
>sticks/drives (have 256 MB to 1 GB sizes). Can this be done with an
>updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 too?
>
>Thank you in advance.

If you are referring to Vista's Readyboost, no.

On 8/16/2009 11:04 AM PT, Hank J. typed:

>> I read that Vista and Windows 7 can be sped up faster by using Flash USB
>> sticks/drives (have 256 MB to 1 GB sizes). Can this be done with an
>> updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 too?
>
> If you are referring to Vista's Readyboost, no.

Yeah, that and thanks. Aww, someone should make one for XP.
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No, "Ready Boost" is not part of Windows XP.

However if you want to see a significant performance
boost you can and a second hard drive. Partition the
new (2nd) drive so that the first partition (Logical drive)
is no more than 10% to 20% of the total drive size.

Now use the first partition to relocated your pagefile
and also as a location for temporary files.

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> Hello.
>
> I read that Vista and Windows 7 can be sped up faster by using Flash USB
> sticks/drives (have 256 MB to 1 GB sizes). Can this be done with an
> updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 too?
>
> Thank you in advance.
> --
> "The general, unable to control his irritation, will launch his men to the
> assault like swarming ants, with the result that one-third of his men are
> slain, while the town still remains untaken. Such are the disastrous
> effects of a siege." --Chapter 3 in Sun Tzu's The Ancient Art of War
> (Translated by Lionel Giles)
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Ant <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 8/16/2009 11:04 AM PT, Hank J. typed:
>
>>> I read that Vista and Windows 7 can be sped up faster by using Flash USB
>>> sticks/drives (have 256 MB to 1 GB sizes). Can this be done with an
>>> updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 too?
>>
>> If you are referring to Vista's Readyboost, no.
>
>Yeah, that and thanks. Aww, someone should make one for XP.

How much RAM does your system have?

On 8/16/2009 11:42 AM PT, Bennett Marco typed:

>>>> I read that Vista and Windows 7 can be sped up faster by using Flash USB
>>>> sticks/drives (have 256 MB to 1 GB sizes). Can this be done with an
>>>> updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 too?
>>>
>>> If you are referring to Vista's Readyboost, no.
>> Yeah, that and thanks. Aww, someone should make one for XP.
>
> How much RAM does your system have?

2 GB of RAM. Having some minor speed improvements with those USB Flash
drives would be nice.
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On 8/16/2009 11:24 AM PT, JS typed:

> No, "Ready Boost" is not part of Windows XP.

Darn. I was hoping someone made a software addon to be something like
this for XP.


> However if you want to see a significant performance
> boost you can and a second hard drive. Partition the
> new (2nd) drive so that the first partition (Logical drive)
> is no more than 10% to 20% of the total drive size.
>
> Now use the first partition to relocated your pagefile
> and also as a location for temporary files.

I have something like that already. Just curious if USB Flash
drives/sticks could be used for a little more speed up since I have
unused ones.
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Ant <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 8/16/2009 11:42 AM PT, Bennett Marco typed:
>
>>>>> I read that Vista and Windows 7 can be sped up faster by using Flash USB
>>>>> sticks/drives (have 256 MB to 1 GB sizes). Can this be done with an
>>>>> updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 too?
> >>>
>>>> If you are referring to Vista's Readyboost, no.
>>> Yeah, that and thanks. Aww, someone should make one for XP.
>>
>> How much RAM does your system have?
>
>2 GB of RAM. Having some minor speed improvements with those USB Flash
>drives would be nice.

With that much RAM, even Vista wouldn't benefit from Readyboost.

You either need faster hard drives, or an upgrade of your mobo and
CPU.

On 8/16/2009 1:00 PM PT, Bennett Marco typed:

>>>>>> I read that Vista and Windows 7 can be sped up faster by using Flash USB
>>>>>> sticks/drives (have 256 MB to 1 GB sizes). Can this be done with an
>>>>>> updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 too?
>>>>> If you are referring to Vista's Readyboost, no.
>>>> Yeah, that and thanks. Aww, someone should make one for XP.
>>> How much RAM does your system have?
>> 2 GB of RAM. Having some minor speed improvements with those USB Flash
>> drives would be nice.
>
> With that much RAM, even Vista wouldn't benefit from Readyboost.
>
> You either need faster hard drives, or an upgrade of your mobo and
> CPU.

Oh OK. My quad-core PC is fast enough. Just looking for more speed ups
(always room for them!). I was hoping using USB Flash sticks/drives
would even make it faster. I guess not then! Thanks.
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On Aug 16, 2:50*pm, Ant <phi...@earthlink.netANT> wrote:
> On 8/16/2009 11:42 AM PT, Bennett Marco typed:
>
>
>
> >>>> I read that Vista and Windows 7 can be sped up faster by using FlashUSB
> >>>> sticks/drives (have 256 MB to 1 GB sizes). Can this be done with an
> >>>> updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 too?
>
> >>> If you are referring to Vista's Readyboost, no.
> >> Yeah, that and thanks. Aww, someone should make one for XP.
>
> > How much RAM does your system have?
>
> 2 GB of RAM. Having some minor speed improvements with those USB Flash
> drives would be nice.
> --
> "The ants are my friends, they're blowin' in the wind. The ant, sir, is
> blowin' in the wind." --the misheard lyrics to Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in
> the Wind"
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I found some 3rd party "solutions" to give at least a ReadyBoost
appearance to XP and a flash drive. Free to download and try.

Some people seem to be perturbed with even the real ReadyBoost -
perhaps their expectations are too high.

"ReadyBoost is a great technology when you’re low on RAM."

I think for XP, I would just add more RAM.

I wonder which would be faster and more reliable - a flash drive or on
board RAM?

Anybody multi OS people have experience with this in the real world?