Windows ReadyBoost

Another signi?cant addition to Windows Vista is the Windows ReadyBoost feature.Windows
ReadyBoost enables Windows to use a USB ?ash drive instead of hard disk space to manage virtual
memory requirements.Since reading and writing data on a USB drive is much faster than the hard
disk,you can signi?cantly enhance system performance using this new feature.This helps improve the
overall system performance and user experience rating of the system.
The following conditions must be met in order to use the ReadyBoost feature:
The USB drive must be USB 2.0 ?ash drives,Secure Digital (SD) memory cards,or
CompactFlash Cards.
The USB drive must be of the Fast Flash Memory type.
The size of the drive must be 512MB or larger.
The maximum amount of USB drive size you can use with ReadyBoost is three times the
size of physical RAM.For example,if you have only 512MB of physical RAM in the com-
puter,you can use a maximum of 1.5GB from two USB drives for the purpose.


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