Problems with ReadyBoost... help please!

Having a problem trying to get ReadyBoost to work.

Cache was originally on a USB stick which is now lost.

I'm trying to get a new USB stick to work with ReadyBoost, but Vista
keeps saying that there's a cache on another device and that it needs to
be removed before a new cache can be made.

Obviously, since the old USB is long gone, this is quite impossible.

I've had no luck trying to reset ReadyBoost on my system so that it can
accept a new device for ReadyBoost.

Please help!


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tiranot

Control panel/ admin settings/services, and disable ready boost
Disabling and re enabling will reset it.


"tiranot" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Having a problem trying to get ReadyBoost to work.
>
> Cache was originally on a USB stick which is now lost.
>
> I'm trying to get a new USB stick to work with ReadyBoost, but Vista
> keeps saying that there's a cache on another device and that it needs to
> be removed before a new cache can be made.
>
> Obviously, since the old USB is long gone, this is quite impossible.
>
> I've had no luck trying to reset ReadyBoost on my system so that it can
> accept a new device for ReadyBoost.
>
> Please help!
>
>
> --
> tiranot

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:52:55 -0600, tiranot <>
wrote:

> Having a problem trying to get ReadyBoost to work.
>
> Cache was originally on a USB stick which is now lost.
>
> I'm trying to get a new USB stick to work with ReadyBoost, but Vista
> keeps saying that there's a cache on another device and that it needs to
> be removed before a new cache can be made.
>
> Obviously, since the old USB is long gone, this is quite impossible.
>
> I've had no luck trying to reset ReadyBoost on my system so that it can
> accept a new device for ReadyBoost.


How much RAM do you have? In my experience, ReadyBoost is useful only
on computers with a small amounts of RAM---512MB to 1GB. And on such
computers, the money spent for the thumb drive would be better spent
on additional RAM. So in my view, ReadyBoost should be avoided.


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Alpha: The lost USB is not plugged in. I've checked all 4 of my US
slots and my SD card slot... nothing there

Ken: I'm running a laptop with 2 GB RAM. I know that it would be bette
to upgrade RAM, but thought this would be a good way to go about it wit
ReadyBoost

Dave:

Yes, i've thought about trying to disable ReadyBoost and the
re-enabling it again

I've gone here

Control Panel > Performance Information and Tools > Advance Tools
Configure My Windows ReadyBoost devic

Is this what you meant? Because I can't find the pathway that you'v
stated. Can you be more specific

Anyways, when i go through the aforementioned, when i click o
"Configure My Windows ReadyBoost Device". Nothing happens! Syste
doesn't even try to access anything, and there's no "working" symbo
with the mouse cursor either

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tiranot

Hi Alpha,

Sorry for lack of reply until now, i was away

At any rate, I followed your instructions and found this

Image: Syste

PID:

File: \device\harddiskvolume1\ReadyBoost.sf.cach

Write (b/min): 1,048,57

Again, i have no devices currently connected to my laptop. Is thi
something, like a remnant of the original cache set for ReadyBoost

I just happened to catch that line by chance, because they seem to com
and go, completely at random... but i suppose if i knew more abou
computers, it wouldn't seem so random to me :

Thanks for your help on this

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tiranot