Speed up Your Windows Seven Computer with ReadyBoost
Microsoft Windows Seven and Vista has a new feature called Ready Boost. Using this feature we can use a flash memory stick or SD card to store commonly used files for quicker access than off the hard drive.
The flash memory device serves as an additional memory cache—that is, memory that the computer can access much more quickly than it can access data on the hard drive.
Windows ReadyBoost relies on the intelligent memory management of Windows SuperFetch and can significantly improve system responsiveness.
Turning this feature on couldn’t be simpler. Just stick the flash drive, SD card, or whatever flash device you want into your computer. You’ll see a dialog pop up on the screen.
Click the “Speed up my system” link, and you’ll be taken to the ReadyBoost panel for the flash drive.
Just select Use this device, and set the amount of space you want to use. Windows will create what is essentially a paging file on the disk, and will use it for faster access.
Note that this will only work with USB 2.0 devices or SD cards.
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