Readyboost incompatible flash drives workaround

Arsenal_Gunners · 29-03-2007, 12:10 AM

Guys I recently purchased a 1 GB kingston flash drive which was shown incompatible in tests for readyboost.
However after some googling I was able to make it work

here is the way

Quote:

Format the Drive with the following settings in place.

Capacity:
-of your drive-

File System:
NTFS

Allocation Unit Size:
4096

[x] Quick Format

Then goto the the General tab under the drives properties. And put a check by the following.

[x] Compress this drive to save disk space
[x] Index this drive for faster searching

test the device for ReadyBoost. Also make sure that you have the "Optimize for Performance" setting applied in the properties for the device under the Hardware tab.

Done

This guy here suggested this,many thanks to him

and dont use this if your have a snailspeed drive

,it may make windows slow.

iMav · 29-03-2007, 12:54 AM

hey vimal how much of boost did u vista readily give u

Arsenal_Gunners · 29-03-2007, 01:26 AM

Not much-till now(as my flash memory is not that fast) but I can feel some improvement,will see in gaming.

iMav · 29-03-2007, 01:32 AM

let me know if its worth buying a new flash disk ... and wat do u mean by ur flash disk is not fast which spl. type of flash disk does readyboost want?

Arsenal_Gunners · 29-03-2007, 01:37 AM

^^I did not buy a drive because of readyboost feature,I bought it just for storage,It is just an experiment I am doing.
however see this list for readyboost compatible drives
http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/readyboost/
And here are some gaming results for readyboost compatible drives.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/455/2/

tarey_g · 29-03-2007, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vimal_mehrotra

Not much-till now(as my flash memory is not that fast) but I can feel some improvement,will see in gaming.

You will experience no difference in gaming, and as your flash mem is slow readyboost will have slight negative impact (Atleast this is what i experienced when i used i used my Transcend Jetflash 1 Gig flash mem).

Arsenal_Gunners · 29-03-2007, 02:47 AM

Let me see for a few days.

manishjha18 · 30-03-2007, 11:19 PM

in my flash drive there is no option for formatting the card in ntfs--only fat and fat32 option shows up

29-03-2007, 12:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
iMav The Devil's Advocate Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Masti Ki Paathshaala Posts: 7,015	Re: Readyboost incompatible flash drives workaround hey vimal how much of boost did u vista readily give u __________________ "The problem that shows up with the three red lights on the console is a complex interaction with some very complex parts.” - Robbie Bach http://beingmanan.com twitter: manan \| Last.FM: manan

29-03-2007, 01:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
Arsenal_Gunners Human Spambot Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,055	Re: Readyboost incompatible flash drives workaround Not much-till now(as my flash memory is not that fast) but I can feel some improvement,will see in gaming.

29-03-2007, 01:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
iMav The Devil's Advocate Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Masti Ki Paathshaala Posts: 7,015	Re: Readyboost incompatible flash drives workaround let me know if its worth buying a new flash disk ... and wat do u mean by ur flash disk is not fast which spl. type of flash disk does readyboost want? __________________ "The problem that shows up with the three red lights on the console is a complex interaction with some very complex parts.” - Robbie Bach http://beingmanan.com twitter: manan \| Last.FM: manan

29-03-2007, 01:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
Arsenal_Gunners Human Spambot Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,055	Re: Readyboost incompatible flash drives workaround ^^I did not buy a drive because of readyboost feature,I bought it just for storage,It is just an experiment I am doing. however see this list for readyboost compatible drives http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/readyboost/ And here are some gaming results for readyboost compatible drives. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/455/2/

29-03-2007, 02:47 AM	#7 (permalink)
Arsenal_Gunners Human Spambot Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,055	Re: Readyboost incompatible flash drives workaround Let me see for a few days.

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