Has Readyboost gotten any better?

[Jokerzwild]

So I was in Wal Mart today and bought a 2gb Sandisk Cruzer Flash drive. Was only 12 bucks and I read on the package that it supported Readyboost so I bought it just so I could try that feature out. Always been curious about it.

I ran a search for threads on Readyboost and saw the general concensus was that it really didn't do much but all the discussion as from awhile ago... and definitely pre-SP1. What's the state of the feature nowadays? Still the same? Has it been improved? Anyone use it and like it?

I just turned it on so not sure yet if it's doin' anything for me. I defintely see the Flash drive's light blinking though so it's doing something.

[caveman-jim]

It is awesome on a low ram system. On my work comp where I had 1Gb ram it turned an unusable system in a usable one. On my HTPC with 1Gb it really helped, too. If you have 2Gb or more, then the benefits will be less, until you run out of physical ram.

For $12, plug it in, set it up to use all the space except ~ 200mb, and forget about it. Except for the extra 200mb, which you use to keep a copy of the last set of drivers you installed, so if you need to nuke n pave you've got them all in one spot ready to go (including storage drivers if you have a raid or ahci controller not natively deteced by the install DVD).

[Jokerzwild]

Good deal, I got it set to use 1800mb now. Should I format it NTFS? I think it came formatted FAT 16.

[caveman-jim]

FAT32 would be best for readyboost and general compatibilty.

Have a look at this - http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...02/615199.aspx

[Jokerzwild]

FAT32 would be best for readyboost and general compatibilty.

Have a look at this - http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...02/615199.aspx

Excellent! Thanks jim .

Hell for 12 bucks it's worth it just for the placebo effect . Also I can use it to carry my favorite pron pics anywhere I go!