ReadyBoost drive question.

Hello Folks

Please can someone verify this or not.

If I were to purchase a 4 gig ReadyBoost enabled pen drive an plugged it
into my PC, Vista will look on this as 4 gig of internal working memory.

Or is it not that simple?

Your help is and always has been very much appreciated.
Thanking you in anticipation.
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Hello Stephan

Thanks, but this was not the info I required. I am simply trying to
understand how Vista works, and wanted to know if I understood this feature
correctly or not.

Please can you help further
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"Stephan Rose" wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:08:01 -0700, Big Rick wrote:
>
> > Hello Folks
> >
> > Please can someone verify this or not.
> >
> > If I were to purchase a 4 gig ReadyBoost enabled pen drive an plugged it
> > into my PC, Vista will look on this as 4 gig of internal working memory.
> >
> > Or is it not that simple?
> >
> > Your help is and always has been very much appreciated. Thanking you in
> > anticipation.
>
> Here's an idea!! If you need 4 gigs of internal memory, why not get 4
> gigs of internal memory!? Does that like somehow just make too much sense
> or something?
>
> DDR2-800 Memory Bandwidth: 6400MB/s peak
> USB Flash Drive: 30MB/s peak
>
> Want more RAM? Buy RAM.
>
> --
> Stephan
> 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT
>
> ��事��出�日�ん�����
> ��事忘れ�������ら
>

On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:47:01 -0700, Big Rick
<> wrote:

>Hello Stephan
>
>Thanks, but this was not the info I required. I am simply trying to
>understand how Vista works, and wanted to know if I understood this feature
>correctly or not.
>
>Please can you help further

Your computer apparently doesn't have access to Google, huh?

For the Google-impaired:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost

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It would not function like actual Ram added to the system. The Vista OS has
a 4 Gig limit, and uses 'Virtual Memory' to add to that. ReadyBoost is a way
to have very speedy virtual ram, unlike hard drive access for the same
purpose.
Virtual Memory in Windows XP: http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
ReadyBoost is simply a way to use 'flash ram' for virtual memory. (Some
people hate it that flash ram can be written to only so many times, till it
reverts to 'static ram' and cannot be re-written. This is a very large
number of times)
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"Big Rick" <> wrote in message
news:31C3AA88-CA0B-4E51-A57B-...
> Hello Stephan
>
> Thanks, but this was not the info I required. I am simply trying to
> understand how Vista works, and wanted to know if I understood this
> feature
> correctly or not.
>
> Please can you help further
> --
> <-><-><-><->
> Big Rick
>
>
> "Stephan Rose" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:08:01 -0700, Big Rick wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Folks
>> >
>> > Please can someone verify this or not.
>> >
>> > If I were to purchase a 4 gig ReadyBoost enabled pen drive an plugged
>> > it
>> > into my PC, Vista will look on this as 4 gig of internal working
>> > memory.
>> >
>> > Or is it not that simple?
>> >
>> > Your help is and always has been very much appreciated. Thanking you in
>> > anticipation.
>>
>> Here's an idea!! If you need 4 gigs of internal memory, why not get 4
>> gigs of internal memory!? Does that like somehow just make too much sense
>> or something?
>>
>> DDR2-800 Memory Bandwidth: 6400MB/s peak
>> USB Flash Drive: 30MB/s peak
>>
>> Want more RAM? Buy RAM.
>>
>> --
>> Stephan
>> 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT
>>
>> ��事��出�日�ん�����
>> ��事忘れ�������ら
>>

ReadyBoost uses a USB pen drive as 'virtual memory' just like Vista uses
virtual memory in the form of a paging file. If you have 1GB of RAM or less
in your machine then you may see a slight increase in performance, if you
have 2GB or more then ReadyBoost won't make any difference, or, if it does,
it will only be marginal.

ReadyBoost was only really incorporated into Vista to help people with PCs
running 1GB or less of RAM. In the long run, if you machine can take it, it
is far better to buy more RAM than use ReadyBoost.

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"Big Rick" <> wrote in message
news:90CD9258-0021-478A-BEA1-...
> Hello Folks
>
> Please can someone verify this or not.
>
> If I were to purchase a 4 gig ReadyBoost enabled pen drive an plugged it
> into my PC, Vista will look on this as 4 gig of internal working memory.
>
> Or is it not that simple?
>
> Your help is and always has been very much appreciated.
> Thanking you in anticipation.
> --
> <-><-><-><->
> Big Rick

Jackass of the net wrote:

...Perhaps it does some good to
> computers with 512 mb ram.. but that’s it...
------------------------
But that is all Readyboost is supposed to do. And that is the only true
statement a liar like you has made.
Face it capin' crunch, you are a real POS loser!...LOL!

A USB drive does NOT replace or augment system RAM!

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Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Big Rick" <> wrote in message
news:31C3AA88-CA0B-4E51-A57B-...
> Hello Stephan
>
> Thanks, but this was not the info I required. I am simply trying to
> understand how Vista works, and wanted to know if I understood this
> feature
> correctly or not.
>
> Please can you help further
> --
> <-><-><-><->
> Big Rick
>
>
> "Stephan Rose" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:08:01 -0700, Big Rick wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Folks
>> >
>> > Please can someone verify this or not.
>> >
>> > If I were to purchase a 4 gig ReadyBoost enabled pen drive an plugged
>> > it
>> > into my PC, Vista will look on this as 4 gig of internal working
>> > memory.
>> >
>> > Or is it not that simple?
>> >
>> > Your help is and always has been very much appreciated. Thanking you in
>> > anticipation.
>>
>> Here's an idea!! If you need 4 gigs of internal memory, why not get 4
>> gigs of internal memory!? Does that like somehow just make too much sense
>> or something?
>>
>> DDR2-800 Memory Bandwidth: 6400MB/s peak
>> USB Flash Drive: 30MB/s peak
>>
>> Want more RAM? Buy RAM.
>>
>> --
>> Stephan
>> 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT
>>
>> ��事��出�日�ん�����
>> ��事忘れ�������ら
>>

Big Rick - I n addition to Richards reply - ReadyBoost works in conjunction
with Superfetch in providing "storage" and "access" to information the OS
determines that most likely you will ask for presently.

As a solid state device (no motor, etc.) it has (generally) faster
read/write specs than a hard drive - so non-sequential read/writes (slowest
type) are directed to the ReadyBoost device and sequential to the HD thereby
speeding performance.

Vista checks the device's read/write specs to determine suitability for
ReadyBoost. Of note is that with the specs of today's newer HDs, ReadyBoost
may not be of major value on a desktops - however it is a good addition to
laptops.

ReadyBoost does perform another function - over a period of time Vista
monitors how the computer is being used - regarding application usage - the
OS attempts to initially load the ReadyBoost device with "stuff" based on
the monitoring with the goal of faster boot times.


"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>A USB drive does NOT replace or augment system RAM!
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "Big Rick" <> wrote in message
> news:31C3AA88-CA0B-4E51-A57B-...
>> Hello Stephan
>>
>> Thanks, but this was not the info I required. I am simply trying to
>> understand how Vista works, and wanted to know if I understood this
>> feature
>> correctly or not.
>>
>> Please can you help further
>> --
>> <-><-><-><->
>> Big Rick
>>
>>
>> "Stephan Rose" wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:08:01 -0700, Big Rick wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello Folks
>>> >
>>> > Please can someone verify this or not.
>>> >
>>> > If I were to purchase a 4 gig ReadyBoost enabled pen drive an plugged
>>> > it
>>> > into my PC, Vista will look on this as 4 gig of internal working
>>> > memory.
>>> >
>>> > Or is it not that simple?
>>> >
>>> > Your help is and always has been very much appreciated. Thanking you
>>> > in
>>> > anticipation.
>>>
>>> Here's an idea!! If you need 4 gigs of internal memory, why not get 4
>>> gigs of internal memory!? Does that like somehow just make too much
>>> sense
>>> or something?
>>>
>>> DDR2-800 Memory Bandwidth: 6400MB/s peak
>>> USB Flash Drive: 30MB/s peak
>>>
>>> Want more RAM? Buy RAM.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stephan
>>> 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT
>>>
>>> ???????????????
>>> ?????????????
>>>
>

John Barnett MVP wrote:
> ReadyBoost uses a USB pen drive as 'virtual memory' just like Vista uses
> virtual memory in the form of a paging file. If you have 1GB of RAM or
> less in your machine then you may see a slight increase in performance,
> if you have 2GB or more then ReadyBoost won't make any difference, or,
> if it does, it will only be marginal.
>
> ReadyBoost was only really incorporated into Vista to help people with
> PCs running 1GB or less of RAM. In the long run, if you machine can take
> it, it is far better to buy more RAM than use ReadyBoost.
>

In my case with 2 gig of RAM and using Readyboost my PC seemed to slow
down! Everything I've read says Readyboost improves performance only if
you have less than 1 gig of RAM.

gls858

Quote
"Your computer apparently doesn't have access to Google, huh?
For the Google-impaired:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost"


Yes it does, but the key part of my question was "or is it not that simple".
I simply wanted someone in the know to to confirm if I understood it all
correctly.

As to the rest of you, Thank you very much for your help.
It really is appreciated


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