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Use Readyboost to Speed Up Vista

Readyboost is the feature in Vista that allows you to add extra RAM with flash/USB drives. This is a useful feature if you have have maxed out your RAM already but still need some more. This usually works well with laptops that have more limited RAM capacities than desktop computers.

This is pretty easy, just do the following:

  • Insert a flash drive or any other external memory device
  • In the Removable Disk Properties click on the “ReadyBoost” tab
  • Here you can select to use the device for system speed (note: You may receive a warning saying this device does not have the required performance characteristics for use in speeding up your system)
  • It will now recommend how much space you should reserve for optimal performance (for example, a 512MB stick may recommend 430MB)
  • Click apply
  • Click OK

There you go, Windows Vista should now be faster.

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