ReadyBoost Turn Off

[Frenchy]

Any way to stop the machine automatically putting ReadyBoost info on a Flash
drive.

I had a 4 Gb Kingston that I tried ReadyBoost and as it made little
difference, I took the Flash Drive and deleted the ReadyBoost file on
another XP machine.

As soon as I insert it back in the Vista Ultimate, it writes the ReadyBoost
Data back.

Annoying as it virtually fills the drive (3.8Gb), so if I could stop it
doing it, that would be fine.

Frenchy

 

[Fred B.]

Any way to stop the machine automatically putting ReadyBoost info on a
Flash drive.

I had a 4 Gb Kingston that I tried ReadyBoost and as it made little
difference, I took the Flash Drive and deleted the ReadyBoost file on
another XP machine.

As soon as I insert it back in the Vista Ultimate, it writes the
ReadyBoost Data back.

Annoying as it virtually fills the drive (3.8Gb), so if I could stop it
doing it, that would be fine.

Frenchy

Open Explorer
Right-click on the correct drive letter
Properties
ReadyBoost TAB
Select the "Do Not Use" option

 

[Frenchy]

Open Explorer
Right-click on the correct drive letter
Properties
ReadyBoost TAB
Select the "Do Not Use" option

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Well that was easy! Much appreciated.

Frenchy

 

[Bruce Chambers]

vista wont let me take reddy boost of my 1gb kingston flash drive please
help asap

Childish drivel snipped....

Is the flash drive you tried designed to work with ReadyBoost?

"To use Windows ReadyBoost, PCs must be preinstalled with Windows
Vista^(TM) and have access to a non-volatile flash memory buffer with at
least 1GB of storage capacity. The flash memory buffer must also meet
the requirements for random reads and random writes specified in the
Windows Vista Logo "Storage-0009 WLP" specification:
.. 5 MB/sec throughput for random 4k reads across the entire device
.. 3 MB/sec throughput for random 512k writes across the entire device"

"Q. What does it mean to be "Enhanced for Windows ReadyBoost^(TM)?
A. The phrase "Enhanced for Windows ReadyBoost" will be used to market
flash devices that are large enough and fast enough to consistently work
with Windows ReadyBoost. A drive that is Enhanced for Windows
ReadyBoost must be at least 512MB and must have random read and random
write speeds of 5MB/sec and 3MB/sec, respectively."


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