Using USB Flash memory as Extra memory to speed up your computer at NO additional cost.

Windows Vista

ReadyBoost, is one of the many cool features in Windows Vista. ReadyBoost enables you to plug a USB external flash drive as extra cache in your computer and have Windows Vista use it as additional memory.

How does this work?

Once you insert a USB drive you will get an AutoPlay dialog like the following,

Select “Speed up my system” option (or) Open the Computer explorer, right-click the drive (D: in this case) and select Properties. Navigate to the Ready Boost tab.

You can choose to allocate part of a USB drive's memory to speed up performance and use the remainder to store files.

Windows XP

If you are using a Windows XP always craving for extra memory to feed your applications, here is a cool way to speed up your computer with extra memory with no additional cost.

Here is how you do it,

• Insert the USB flash drive
• Open the Control Panel
• Select the System tab (or) type “sysdm.cpl” in Run dialog
• Navigate to Advanced tab
• Select Settings under Performance section
• Navigate to Advanced tab
• Select Change in Virtual memory Section

Then, select your USB external flash drive and choose a custom size to allocate part of a USB drive's memory to speed up performance and use the remainder to store files (or) let the System manage the size by selecting System managed size.

After your changes select SET and click ok. Restart your computer and you have extra memory at no additional cost.

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