i need help with ready boost

[daniel and tasha]

yes can someone tell me how i can get ready boost to work. i have a 512mb
creative labs nano player pluged in , when i plug it in i click on speed up
my computer and all. but i see no tab for ready boost like i think there is
suppose to be.
what do i do can someone give me step by step instructions

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> "daniel

yes can someone tell me how i can get ready boost to work. i have a 512mb
creative labs nano player pluged in , when i plug it in i click on speed up
my computer and all. but i see no tab for ready boost like i think there is
suppose to be.
what do i do can someone give me step by step instructions

That player likely doesn't have the performance to meet ReadyBoost's
needs.

 

[David]

yes can someone tell me how i can get ready boost to work. i have a
512mb creative labs nano player pluged in , when i plug it in i click on
speed up my computer and all. but i see no tab for ready boost like i
think there is suppose to be.
what do i do can someone give me step by step instructions

try getting a 1 or 2 GB SD chip on sale. that way nothing sticks out of
your pc. i just got a 2GB Sandisk chip for $20 (on sale, of course)at
Office Depot (labor day weekend sale).

 

[Bit@m3]

yes can someone tell me how i can get ready boost to work. i have a 512mb
creative labs nano player pluged in , when i plug it in i click on speed
up my computer and all. but i see no tab for ready boost like i think
there is suppose to be.
what do i do can someone give me step by step instructions

With the device plugged in to the usb port, find and right click on the usb
device in the Computer folder and select properties , then ReadyBoost.
Then check the "use this device" button and click apply. You may need to try
this 3 or 4 times, or it may not work at all, it will tell you here. But try
a few times before trying another USB device.
Look here for working device list:
http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/readyboost/

 

[Victek]

i have a strange problem with readyboost,when i click on the readyboost

tab it gives me no options to test my usb stick ? it just tells me: the
device is plugged into an unsupported interface? strange as im usb 2,
all of the usb sockets on my computer are ? any1 no why this is ? so i
dont know if my usb stick is good 4 readyboost

You troubleshoot by isolating variables. The variables are your USB key and
your USB ports. So, try your USB key in different USB ports on your
computer. If that doesn't make a difference try your USB key in a different
computer running Vista. Also, if you know someone using ReadyBoost you
could try his USB key on your computer.

It's possible that your ports are not compatible, your key is not
compatible, or both.

 

[Doug]

You troubleshoot by isolating variables. The variables are your USB key
and your USB ports. So, try your USB key in different USB ports on your
computer. If that doesn't make a difference try your USB key in a
different computer running Vista. Also, if you know someone using
ReadyBoost you could try his USB key on your computer.

It's possible that your ports are not compatible, your key is not
compatible, or both.

My own experience with readyboost (which seemed to be responsible for
trashing a 4GB memory flash drive after a couple of weeks) is that it
produces insignificant benefits and is quite flakey and altogether best
avoided. Save up and buy proper memory! However if you do use it, it is
probably as well to leave a small part of the flash drive as a separate
partition normal so that if things go wrong you can attempt to reformat the
flash drive. Perhaps I have just been unlucky or not given it a fair trial.
Is anyone delighted with it? - Doug

 

[Victek]

i have a strange problem with readyboost,when i click on the readyboost

My own experience with readyboost (which seemed to be responsible for
trashing a 4GB memory flash drive after a couple of weeks) is that it
produces insignificant benefits and is quite flakey and altogether best
avoided. Save up and buy proper memory! However if you do use it, it is
probably as well to leave a small part of the flash drive as a separate
partition normal so that if things go wrong you can attempt to reformat
the flash drive. Perhaps I have just been unlucky or not given it a fair
trial. Is anyone delighted with it? - Doug

From my experience I agree that there is little if any improvement in
performance. In fact there is initially a decrease in performance when the
OS first starts since populating the ReadyBoost cache is one more thing
needing cpu and disk time. Ram is so inexpensive now there's little point
in trying to find substitutes for it.