Another ReadyBoost question

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Brian Wescombe

For some reason, my PNY Attache 1GB drive which Vista said wasn't fast
enough to use as a ReadyBoost device is now working! I didn't do anything,
just plugged it in again. Anyway, when I first started the readyBoost,
there's a few minutes of Hand flash drive activity (presumably copying files
to the Flash drive ?) - but this slows the PC down! Especially if the
drive's plugged in an boot-up - it takes about 5 minutes for the drive
activity to stop and for the PC to be fully booted once the desktop appears.
Without the RB active, boot-up is much quicker.

What's going on here? Seems strange that the system designed to speed up the
PC is actually slowing it down due to disk activity!
 
Readyboost is caching your startup too. After several uses it is supposed to
make your PC startup quicker.
 
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