Comments on: Trick to Use Any USB Key or Flash Drive to Ready Boost Vista

By: soulistyce

soulistyce — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:52:40 +0000

FOR WINDOWS 7 tested on build 7600 RTM
plug the usbdisk make a test then go to regedit Hotkey_Local_Machine/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/Currentversion/EMDMgmt/(here the description of the usbdisk used)..change the Device status from 6 to 2…close dont remove the usbdisk go and make the desire size of ReadyBoost on properties…thats it, for those o think ReadyBoost doesn´t make any efect try to use more then 1 usbdisk..and more then 4gb for example like me 7gb in 3 usbdisks..you fill the diference quite well…

By: The late Poster

The late Poster — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:43:31 +0000

hmm, i dont think ill do it, i think my system would just go slower using this method

By: Windows Vista Performance and Tuning Guide » My Digital Life

Windows Vista Performance and Tuning Guide » My Digital Life — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:06:10 +0000

[...] on delivering greater performance and overall system responsiveness, with new technologies such as ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive. By striking a balance between speed and responsiveness, Windows Vista and SP1 [...]

By: prezzhax

prezzhax — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:37:05 +0000

Does NOT work in Windows 7 – looks like some things have changed and MS has smartened up ;^)

By: somebody with a 2 gb brain

somebody with a 2 gb brain — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:07:24 +0000

if i use a usb drive from the years when they were luxury then vista would be slower than when using virtual memory
would be good if they gave it as an update to xp

By: steven

steven — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:10:25 +0000

what do you mean by “Reinsert the USB key to computer.”?

By: kim

kim — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:08:23 +0000

How do I get them off my 4 gb flash drive so I can burn them?

By: dragoshell

dragoshell — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:45:45 +0000

lol:) stop fighting
each of you has a point, but the goal of this tutorial is only to show you how to force vista to accept smth that wasn’t approved by Microsoft

By: Con

Con — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:52:44 +0000

You know.. its people like you that simply look for an issue to assault someone, the poster stated its a way to get a slower flash drive working, then test for yourself if its faster. No where did he say it would be faster, only to test and see.

The minimum brain cells required to post are not high enough here, read and think people !!

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:24:05 +0000

The reason why there is a lower speed limit set, is because Vista writes to both your RB and HDD device, and will only read it back from your RB device if it believes it can do it quicker than reading from your HDD.
If you force Vista to use a slow RB device – Guess what !?! – Your system may be SLOWER reading the info from your RB device than if Vista just read back the info from your HDD cache.

The minimum requirement speed was set for a reason people !!