Missing Ready Boost

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It´s clear that you firet plug the memory flash but the Ready Boost opcion
will not apear. that is the reason to try to strart it in Srevices tool
utility.
and it says that it does not exist.
 
Gabriel said:
It´s clear that you firet plug the memory flash but the Ready Boost opcion
will not apear. that is the reason to try to strart it in Srevices tool
utility.
and it says that it does not exist.
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First, I suggest the use of a spell checker.

Not all thumb drives are ReadyBoost compatible. If you insert a thumb drive
and the ready boost option does not appear, then the Thumb Drive is not
compatible. Go to the Vista website, and search for ReadyBoost. It will
give you an idea of what thumb drives are ReadyBoost compatible.

Honu
 
If your USB stick isn't compatible or you have 2.0 USB ports it won't enable
the service.
 
If your USB stick isn't compatible or you have 2.0 USB ports it won't
enable the service.
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Hey, what's that about USB 2.0? I thought ReadyBoost worked with USB 2
sticks (provided they are fast enough).

Thack
 
All my memory flash are compatible I shek it out first I ned to fine out how
to restore the service then i willsee wy I miss it .
 
If you plug in the USB stick and you do not have the option to use it for
Ready Boost, your USB stick or your system is not compatible for Ready
Boost.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:18:10 -0000, "Steve Thackery"
Hey, what's that about USB 2.0? I thought ReadyBoost worked with USB 2
sticks (provided they are fast enough).
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Aye, there's the rub - most USB drives are NOT fast enough.

Expect to see lots of special deals on most of today's USB stock!

I have accumulated a few USB flash drives over a year or few, some
being quite recently acquired, as well as SD cards. Only one of these
is fast enough, and it's the one that came with a Vista laptop.

The difference is noticeable when using that stick, along with others,
to do straightforward "sneakernet". I had to scrape some stuff off a
laptop that had USB but no LAN socket, and when doing those 2G
transfers on three different sticks, the "magic" one was waay faster!

I'd like to see fast-enough SD cards, as the storage I buy is always
preferentially SD rather than USB stick (so I can use it in the
camera, and hot-swap within Bart PE sessions).


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Saws are too hard to use.
Be easier to use!
 
Plug in any flash drive and you should have the option to select it for
ReadyBoost by a test - if it cannot be used you get a "failed" notice and
option to retest or not.
If unit fails ReadyBoost test you can verify reason by going "Administrative
tools>Event viewer>Applications and
services>Windows>Microsoft>ReadyBoost>Operational.

Test may be erratic and you should test unit several times before rejecting
use as ReadyBoost - another point - a flash drive may pass use test on one
Vista installation and fail on another. The good news - once the drive is
set up as ReadyBoost - plugging unit in and out does not require retesting.

An interesting point - Vista creates a ReadyBoost cache on the HD whether or
not a flash drive is in use - evidently this is to provide safe retrieval if
you "unplug" the flash drive while in use.
 
Steve Thackery said:
Hey, what's that about USB 2.0? I thought ReadyBoost worked with USB 2
sticks (provided they are fast enough).
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I think he meant to say, if you _don't_ have 2.0 USB ports.
 
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