Readyboost -- USB Drive works on one laptop, not another

I have a 2 GB Optima Attache that works fine for ReadyBoost on my older Dell
Inspiron that was upgraded from XP to Vista. I jusy bought a new Toshiba
Satellite with Vista Home pre-loaded, and now Vista is saying that the drive
is too slow. Ideas?

Thanks,

John

Does it say Drive, or USB Port, too slow?

"John R.Ph." wrote:

> I have a 2 GB Optima Attache that works fine for ReadyBoost on my older Dell
> Inspiron that was upgraded from XP to Vista. I jusy bought a new Toshiba
> Satellite with Vista Home pre-loaded, and now Vista is saying that the drive
> is too slow. Ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John

"John R.Ph." <> wrote in message
news:33D5D318-DE9D-425B-AB25-...
>I have a 2 GB Optima Attache that works fine for ReadyBoost on my older
>Dell
> Inspiron that was upgraded from XP to Vista. I jusy bought a new Toshiba
> Satellite with Vista Home pre-loaded, and now Vista is saying that the
> drive
> is too slow. Ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John


If it works on your older Dell, but does not work on your new Toshiba...
well... hmm.

Have you tried different USB ports on the Toshiba? It still works when you
bring it back to the Dell?

I'm replying on a Dell D620. All the basic USB drivers are from Microsoft.
Might want to check if any of the USB drivers are from Toshiba. I'd look for
deltas between the two computers, driver-wise. Have you called Toshiba
support?

Lang

You might try using a POWERED HUB with the laptop to get the
drive to work.... My 2G Sansdisk Flash drive works fine using
ReadyBoost in my P205-6267 Toshiba Laptop. Or get a faster
drive.

How to set Perfmon to monitor ReadyBoost
http://mindvacant.com/Nuke70_News/article-51--0-0.html

ReadyBoost Drives - Compatible
http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/readyboost/

http://www.activewin.com/reviews/har...adyboost.shtml

ReadyBoost Incompatible
http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/re...s=incompatible
"John R.Ph." <> wrote in message
news:33D5D318-DE9D-425B-AB25-...

>I have a 2 GB Optima Attache that works fine for ReadyBoost on my older
>Dell
> Inspiron that was upgraded from XP to Vista. I jusy bought a new Toshiba
> Satellite with Vista Home pre-loaded, and now Vista is saying that the
> drive
> is too slow. Ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John

It says "This device does not have the required performance characteristics
for use in speeding up your system"

"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> Does it say Drive, or USB Port, too slow?
>
> "John R.Ph." wrote:
>
> > I have a 2 GB Optima Attache that works fine for ReadyBoost on my older Dell
> > Inspiron that was upgraded from XP to Vista. I jusy bought a new Toshiba
> > Satellite with Vista Home pre-loaded, and now Vista is saying that the drive
> > is too slow. Ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John

Tried all 4 ports, no luck.

Still works on the 2 year old Dell and not the now 4 month old Toshibia (I
bought it new -- just this model was introduced 4 months ago by my research).

Haven't tried Toshiba support -- thought I would poke around here first
before spending my time on hold

I will check the drivers...

Thanks!

"Lang Murphy" wrote:

> "John R.Ph." <> wrote in message
> news:33D5D318-DE9D-425B-AB25-...
> >I have a 2 GB Optima Attache that works fine for ReadyBoost on my older
> >Dell
> > Inspiron that was upgraded from XP to Vista. I jusy bought a new Toshiba
> > Satellite with Vista Home pre-loaded, and now Vista is saying that the
> > drive
> > is too slow. Ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
>
>
> If it works on your older Dell, but does not work on your new Toshiba...
> well... hmm.
>
> Have you tried different USB ports on the Toshiba? It still works when you
> bring it back to the Dell?
>
> I'm replying on a Dell D620. All the basic USB drivers are from Microsoft.
> Might want to check if any of the USB drivers are from Toshiba. I'd look for
> deltas between the two computers, driver-wise. Have you called Toshiba
> support?
>
> Lang
>

Why would a faster drive matter? It works fine on one computer running Vista,
but not another. I will try the powered hub idea...

My Sat is A215-S7437. Maybe a problem running AMD vs Intel?

Thanks!

"Spirit" wrote:

> You might try using a POWERED HUB with the laptop to get the
> drive to work.... My 2G Sansdisk Flash drive works fine using
> ReadyBoost in my P205-6267 Toshiba Laptop. Or get a faster
> drive.
>
> How to set Perfmon to monitor ReadyBoost
> http://mindvacant.com/Nuke70_News/article-51--0-0.html
>
> ReadyBoost Drives - Compatible
> http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/readyboost/
>
> http://www.activewin.com/reviews/har...adyboost.shtml
>
> ReadyBoost Incompatible
> http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/re...s=incompatible
> "John R.Ph." <> wrote in message
> news:33D5D318-DE9D-425B-AB25-...
>
> >I have a 2 GB Optima Attache that works fine for ReadyBoost on my older
> >Dell
> > Inspiron that was upgraded from XP to Vista. I jusy bought a new Toshiba
> > Satellite with Vista Home pre-loaded, and now Vista is saying that the
> > drive
> > is too slow. Ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
>
>
>

"John R.Ph." <> wrote in message
news:4E1FCD9D-986C-47CA-97E4-...
> Tried all 4 ports, no luck.
>
> Still works on the 2 year old Dell and not the now 4 month old Toshibia (I
> bought it new -- just this model was introduced 4 months ago by my
> research).
>
> Haven't tried Toshiba support -- thought I would poke around here first
> before spending my time on hold
>
> I will check the drivers...
>
> Thanks!
>

Glad to attempt to help... sometimes it works, sometimes "not so much."

I saw the reply downstream suggesting a powered hub. I would think that
should not be the issue. (Although, it -might- address the issue, it
wouldn't really "fix" the issue. Meaning, if it -did- work, well, time to
return the Toshiba laptop.)

Waiting to hear back on your driver comparison.

Lang

> "Lang Murphy" wrote:
>
>> "John R.Ph." <> wrote in message
>> news:33D5D318-DE9D-425B-AB25-...
>> >I have a 2 GB Optima Attache that works fine for ReadyBoost on my older
>> >Dell
>> > Inspiron that was upgraded from XP to Vista. I jusy bought a new
>> > Toshiba
>> > Satellite with Vista Home pre-loaded, and now Vista is saying that the
>> > drive
>> > is too slow. Ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > John
>>
>>
>> If it works on your older Dell, but does not work on your new Toshiba...
>> well... hmm.
>>
>> Have you tried different USB ports on the Toshiba? It still works when
>> you
>> bring it back to the Dell?
>>
>> I'm replying on a Dell D620. All the basic USB drivers are from
>> Microsoft.
>> Might want to check if any of the USB drivers are from Toshiba. I'd look
>> for
>> deltas between the two computers, driver-wise. Have you called Toshiba
>> support?
>>
>> Lang
>>

A laptop might have a weaker setup than a Desktop, especially on the
power end.... and the speed of the drive could be marginally close.

"John R.Ph." <> wrote in message
news:47F001E3-B4AD-466D-A69B-...
> Why would a faster drive matter? It works fine on one computer running
> Vista,
> but not another. I will try the powered hub idea...
>
> My Sat is A215-S7437. Maybe a problem running AMD vs Intel?
>
> Thanks!
>
> "Spirit" wrote:
>
>> You might try using a POWERED HUB with the laptop to get the
>> drive to work.... My 2G Sansdisk Flash drive works fine using
>> ReadyBoost in my P205-6267 Toshiba Laptop. Or get a faster
>> drive.
>>
>> How to set Perfmon to monitor ReadyBoost
>> http://mindvacant.com/Nuke70_News/article-51--0-0.html
>>
>> ReadyBoost Drives - Compatible
>> http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/readyboost/
>>
>> http://www.activewin.com/reviews/har...adyboost.shtml
>>
>> ReadyBoost Incompatible
>> http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/re...s=incompatible
>> "John R.Ph." <> wrote in message
>> news:33D5D318-DE9D-425B-AB25-...
>>
>> >I have a 2 GB Optima Attache that works fine for ReadyBoost on my older
>> >Dell
>> > Inspiron that was upgraded from XP to Vista. I jusy bought a new
>> > Toshiba
>> > Satellite with Vista Home pre-loaded, and now Vista is saying that the
>> > drive
>> > is too slow. Ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > John
>>
>>
>>

Sorry -- that was in the subject line, which you cannot see the line until
you reply to the thread... BOTH computers are laptops.

I figured out the problem though. Going to USB Drive properties in the
device manager menu, you can select to optimize for performance or optimize
for removal. The Removal radio button was selected so I just clicked the
speed one, rebooted and viola! the drive works for ReadyBoost.

Thanks for all the input!

John

"Spirit" wrote:

> A laptop might have a weaker setup than a Desktop, especially on the
> power end.... and the speed of the drive could be marginally close.
>
> "John R.Ph." <> wrote in message
> news:47F001E3-B4AD-466D-A69B-...
> > Why would a faster drive matter? It works fine on one computer running
> > Vista,
> > but not another. I will try the powered hub idea...
> >
> > My Sat is A215-S7437. Maybe a problem running AMD vs Intel?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > "Spirit" wrote:
> >
> >> You might try using a POWERED HUB with the laptop to get the
> >> drive to work.... My 2G Sansdisk Flash drive works fine using
> >> ReadyBoost in my P205-6267 Toshiba Laptop. Or get a faster
> >> drive.
> >>
> >> How to set Perfmon to monitor ReadyBoost
> >> http://mindvacant.com/Nuke70_News/article-51--0-0.html
> >>
> >> ReadyBoost Drives - Compatible
> >> http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/readyboost/
> >>
> >> http://www.activewin.com/reviews/har...adyboost.shtml
> >>
> >> ReadyBoost Incompatible
> >> http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/re...s=incompatible
> >> "John R.Ph." <> wrote in message
> >> news:33D5D318-DE9D-425B-AB25-...
> >>
> >> >I have a 2 GB Optima Attache that works fine for ReadyBoost on my older
> >> >Dell
> >> > Inspiron that was upgraded from XP to Vista. I jusy bought a new
> >> > Toshiba
> >> > Satellite with Vista Home pre-loaded, and now Vista is saying that the
> >> > drive
> >> > is too slow. Ideas?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > John
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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