perfect Flash drive for readyboots

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I wouldn't buy it. That was one that I was looking at until I read the
reviews on NewEgg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E16820203004
It turns out someone already tried it, and it fails ReadyBoost standards.

I've then turned to a Adata's My Flash PD8 1GB, fast fast drive... it
fails Vista's ReadyBoost standards.

Local Office Depot had a sale on Ativa (house brand) Smart U3 1GB a few
weeks back, picked it up and works flawlessly.

I have only heard mixed results with Lexar, mostly 50/50 chance.

-Luke
 
The Lexar Jump Drive Sport 1GB works a treat.

Luke Fitzwater said:
I wouldn't buy it. That was one that I was looking at until I read the
reviews on NewEgg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E16820203004
It turns out someone already tried it, and it fails ReadyBoost standards.

I've then turned to a Adata's My Flash PD8 1GB, fast fast drive... it
fails Vista's ReadyBoost standards.

Local Office Depot had a sale on Ativa (house brand) Smart U3 1GB a few
weeks back, picked it up and works flawlessly.

I have only heard mixed results with Lexar, mostly 50/50 chance.

-Luke
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Lexar JumpDrive Sport 1GB works perfectly.

Luke Fitzwater said:
I wouldn't buy it. That was one that I was looking at until I read the
reviews on NewEgg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E16820203004
It turns out someone already tried it, and it fails ReadyBoost standards.

I've then turned to a Adata's My Flash PD8 1GB, fast fast drive... it
fails Vista's ReadyBoost standards.

Local Office Depot had a sale on Ativa (house brand) Smart U3 1GB a few
weeks back, picked it up and works flawlessly.

I have only heard mixed results with Lexar, mostly 50/50 chance.

-Luke
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sustained transfer speeds are not the only concern when it comes to flash
drive usability with ReadyBoost. My Corsair Voyager is VERY fast in
read/write, but SUCKS in access time, which renders it unusable for
ReadyBoost. Look for access time info when buying flash drive.
 
Memorex 1 gig flash also works well. Be aware everyone, several backup
software programs (including Acronis) do not recognize the flash drive folder
assigned to readyboot and consider it corrupt. Partition magic 8.0 (floppies)
also sees it as a corrupt extended drive, and seeks to change it which will
disable the whole function. Also, several timing tests seem to suggest that
adding 1 mg readyboot drive to 2 mg of ram does little to speed up the
system. This may be another addon, ill advised, unless you are trying to use
less than 1 mg of Ram on your system.
 
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