Cheap Vista Speed Boost (using a Flash drive)

[Irishwhistle]

http://www.simpleology.com/blog/2008/03/littleknown_feature_boosts_you.html

Has anyone tried this? How well does it work?

 

[G25r8cer]

All I know is you are supposed to have x2 the size flash drive as what your ram is in order to get effective results. The minimum required space is 256mb! Anyways, it cant be as effective as a clean startup!

 

[vonfeldt7]

It helps, but it's not as good as actual RAM.

Definitely not going to hurt.

 

[Kesava]

yeah im using my 2gb flash drive for ready boost. all 2 gb of it.

havent noticed a difference. but i dont really expect to. vista ultimate uses up 500 mb ram usually. so i have 1.5 gig not being used..

 

[G25r8cer]

Yeah here's a special deal on a 2gb flash drive if your looking to try it out. Im buying one just to try it out!

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...=P33-7022&CMP=EMC-TIGEREMAIL&SRCCODE=WEM1584C

 

[Kesava]

haha if i were you i wouldnt bother..

 

[G25r8cer]

It's only $10!! When it comes to flash drives Brand DOESNT matter. I am not going to go out to CC and pay $20-30 for a 2gb flash drive.

 

[Kesava]

It's only $10!! When it comes to flash drives Brand DOESNT matter. I am not going to go out to CC and pay $20-30 for a 2gb flash drive.

um.. why would you pay more? what are you talking about?

 

[G25r8cer]

um.. why would you pay more? what are you talking about?

Show me a 2gb flash drive for $10 at CC then.

 

[Kesava]

whats CC?

 

[Irishwhistle]

Thanks for the replies. Since my flash drive is Linux formatted and I don't like FAT, I'll just forget about it.

 

[G25r8cer]

whats CC?

CircuitCity

 

[Irishwhistle]

CircuitCity

I thought it was a unit of measure... lol

 

[G25r8cer]

LOL. Good one

 

[MrRandom]

silly non canadians and their radio shack

 

[Irishwhistle]

silly non canadians and their radio shack

I'm not from the great white north, but I've never even been to a circuit city. I prefer Best Buy and Radio Shack.

 

[Intel_man]

I prefer my local computer store as I wont get ripped off from Best Buy or all those other big companies.

 

[Kesava]

CircuitCity

i seriously have no idea why you started having a cry about the prices of flash drives at CC... it made absolutely no sense.

 

[Irishwhistle]

i seriously have no idea why you started having a cry about the prices of flash drives at CC... it made absolutely no sense.

I think he thought you meant "I wouldn't bother ordering online, just get one from CC."

 

[Kesava]

oh right. stuff that haha. online is usually cheaper.