Larry E said:
When you plug the flash drive in, it will automatically ask you if you
want
to use it for ReadyBoost. If the drive is not suitable, it will tell you.
Yes, but sometimes it stops working.
Right click toolbar (usually bottom of screen)
Select Task Manager
Select Performance
Click Performance Monitor
When that comes up, expand the "Disk" section
Sort by writes (click the "Write (B/min)" column so the tiny arrow above it
points down).
If it's working, you'll see at, or near, the top the drive letter for your
flash drive and the file "ReadyBoost.sfcache"
I find that sometimes, if the system is quite idle, I have to sort on reads
instead, or even scroll the list looking for it. I've even, rarely, not
seen it there at all even when it was working. Starting up some program
(such as Windows Mail) makes it appear, if it's working.
I've discovered that if the machine crashes, when it comes back up the
system discovers the device again and it come up optimized for quick removal
rather than for performance. When this happens, it doesn't get set up as a
ReadyBoost device and I have to switch it to performance mode then re-test
it for ReadyBoost and it'll get picked up.
- Bill