Comments on: Speed up Your Windows Vista Computer with ReadyBoost

By: maybe just another fool

maybe just another fool — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:28:49 +0000

I find it very comical that everyone that comments says,” Ready Boost is no substitute for system RAM.”

Well of course it’s not! IT WILL NOT EVEN HELP SOMEONE WITH LOW RAM OR HIGH RAM! ITS NOT RAM RELATED!! ITS HDD RELATED!

The only people it will NOT help are those with Solid State Drives.

Ready Boost is a substitute for PAGING FILE!! It is faster then paging files!! That is the point of ReadyBoost technology! It has never given anyone a boost in relation to System Ram.

I see some comment on it only works when you have under 512 and other say other things related to RAM.. remember.. paging file has to do with DISC DRIVES BEFORE being offloaded to RAM and Ready Boost speeds THAT application of data ONLY!

and to PJ… Paging file is used completely different then RAM even though it does work the way you said as well when RAM gets used up. It is always being used in relation to loading programs and recalling parts of those programs. RAM is for much more then programs. RAM is Used for recalling things OUTSIDE of the HDD. Like playing internet games and surfing websites. Those things are NOT on your HDD therefore to recall them RAM is used. Those things on your harddrive are recalled first from PAGING then offloaded to RAM. Then if the RAM gets taken up it will go back to the paging file. Thats why those with alot of RAM can lower the size of their paging file. They can never get rid of it because it is always needed! It just doesnt have to be large is you have alot of SYSTEM RAM because it will never have to be used in the event that your RAM is all used up.

By: liveman

liveman — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:31:14 +0000

hey thank you very much friend that’s cool

By: PJ

PJ — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:41:24 +0000

Hi All,
Yes ready boost can help even if you already have 4GB ram.
What ready boost does is move the paging file to the flash drive instead of the HD. Reading flash is quicker than reading the HD especially if the HD is already busy perhaps opening large files or programs.
When you already have 4GB of ram your computer just uses the paging file less, therefore it will use ready boost less.
install a gadget to watch you ram usage and when you see it start hitting 100% is when you will notice ready boost hitting your flashdrive.
The thing is you have to have some pretty memory intensive stuff going on for it to ever hit the paging file. I rarely see my ram usage go above 50%

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:51:06 +0000

Why do people not understand that computer speed is not purely reliant on RAM. If your CPU cannot perform quick enough, it doesn’t matter how much RAM you force into your PC, it will still be slow.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:24:59 +0000

Yes RS, readyboost will help even if you have 4G already. Don’t beleive me San? OK, go to Walmart and buy 4G of flash(MS recommends 1:1 ratio), Walmart will let you return it if it does not work. Enable Performance Monitor to monitor Readyboost and see for yourself. OK now appologise.

By: jow

jow — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:49:04 +0000

Ready boost is for those without much ram 512 or less, no point other wise and if you have 512 ram, add more. That simple for the cost of a readyboost usb stick you can have more ram. If you don’t know how to add more ram, go to crucials website and use there system scanner. Even microsoft admitted that ready boost was at most useless.

By: stikk

stikk — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:40:12 +0000

Hitting “Test” over and over worked! Thanks Jesse. I also tried NTFS formatting just before trying hitting test over and over again too.

By: johngazna

johngazna — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:16:13 +0000

Reformatting and compression worked. Yeah! I have a Kingston Data Traveler 4GB. Thanks.

By: Jman

Jman — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:52:03 +0000

added 2 GB of ram with a flash drive but I had to delete mostly everything that was on it to get it to work. I don’t see a whole lot of difference between 6 and 8 GB

By: fug22

fug22 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:54:26 +0000

i set up the readyboost and noting is happing its still slow