Archive for the 'ReadyBoost' Category
Use ReadyBoost to Improve Windows Vista Performance
Monday, October 1st, 2007ReadyBoost technology takes advantage of the fact that flash memory offers lower seek times than hard disks. Essentially that means that your system can get to a given location on a flash disk more quickly than it can to a corresponding spot on a hard disk. Hard disks are faster for large sequential reads; flash [...]
ReadyBoost and how to hack it
Saturday, March 10th, 2007Microsoft Windows Vista comes with a horde of new features. Among them is a unique new feature called ReadyBoost which does not exist in any other operating system. ReadyBoost is a disk caching technology which improves the system performance by using a flash based memory like SD/Compact flash card or a USB memory stick. The [...]
Windows Vista and ReadyBoost
Thursday, November 16th, 2006Windows Vista has a cool new technology called ReadyBoost that allows you to use a USB memory stick to speed up your computer. As I discussed in my Windows Vista Community Site column, ReadyBoost isn’t a substitute for system RAM memory, but it does speed up your overall system and provide additional resources. And let’s [...]
How SuperFetch and ReadyBoost work together
Saturday, October 14th, 2006In order to make Windows Vista, with all of it new GUI enhancements, a success, Microsoft knew that it was going to have to figure out some ingenious ways to squeeze more performance out of the operating system and the currently available hardware technology. Along the way, they’ve even helped to spur a new hardware [...]
USB Flash Memory for Windows Vista ReadyBoost
Friday, September 22nd, 2006What is ReadyBoost?
ReadyBoost is a technology built into Windows Vista that caches disk reads onto a flash memory device. It can work with USB memory keys, flash memory cards, such as SD and CompactFlash, and other types of flash devices. It caches all types of file reads, not just the working set, nor just DLL’s [...]
