Comments on: CyberNotes: Use Any USB Drive or Memory Card with ReadyBoost on Vista

By: TC

TC — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:40:34 +0000

Awesome. I think my laptop is already faster now!

By: Yo

Yo — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:00:41 +0000

According to many reviews, Ready Boost is best for “older” computer systems than newer ones.

If you have a new computer with i7 and 9Gb DDR3 ram, it won’t matter (as much) since you can’t really tell if Ready Boost is used since the system is already fast!

It’ll work better if it’s used with older PC like the Pentium D’s with 2Gb ram.

Finally, the max. amount is only 4Gb for Ready Boost so don’t bother using an 8Gb flash drive since it’s limited to 4gb only. Microsoft hasn’t stated whether or not it’ll change that limitation!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:04:55 +0000

Nevermind – I sorted it out – I had picked the wrong SD item in the device list.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:57:03 +0000

Hi – this didn’t work for my SD card – is this there something more that must be done for cards as opposed to USB drives? I’ll try it with my external harddrive next.

By: NoDogma

NoDogma — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:45:01 +0000

I did the registry editing under my administrator account, and the error did not come up. Now, let’s see how well this works!

By: NoDogma

NoDogma — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:23:08 +0000

“Cannot edit DeviceStatus: Error writing the value’s new contents.”

…help?

By: Stulle

Stulle — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:56:23 +0000

google for ReadyBoost Monitor. that tiny tool shows you if it works well.

another way to check is the Resource Monitor integrated to vista. just roll up the disk info and sort by file and you will notice your flash drive being present if you managed to enable it and it is used.

By: seo my site

seo my site — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:26:54 +0000

Excellent info,

I was waiting for the reg hack hehe,

next, can we use more than 4gb? for 64bit systems?

By: Ghani

Ghani — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:00:52 +0000

Following the instructions by author Ryan, I configured Kingston Data Traveller 2 GB flash. Process went flawless. I allocated 1 GB ( Installed RAM = 512 MB))for ready boost. Still not sure whether it helps but at least its not any problem.
Thanks Ryan.
Ghani (Karachi Pakistan)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:55:16 +0000

Hmmm.. is there any way to check whether your pc is using the usb stick? like a diagnostic tool? for higher end video cards people use the crysis test etc.