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In the center panel, click through each of the Information items until you see an event listing that references your USB drive (it should be the top one if it's the most recent event) and why it succeeded (see Figure 4.14) or failed.

Click the Event Viewer when it appears in the menu to open it.ĭig into the Event Viewer by clicking the arrow next to each of the following:Īpplications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > ReadyBoost.

Type Event Viewer in the Search box on the Start menu.

If your USB drive failed the ReadyBoost tests, you can find out how fast it is by digging into the Event Viewer: Of course, after you take the drive out, the computer will slow down to its original performance level. You can remove the USB drive at any point without causing harm to the system. Click on the ReadyBoost tab then click the Use This Device radio button.Locate the USB flash drive you want to use for ReadyBoost and right-click on it.Click the Windows button, and then click Computer.įor the security-conscious, it's worth noting that Vista saves all cache data in encrypted form, so if someone gets his hands on a USB flash memory drive that's been used for ReadyBoost, there will be no data on the drive that he can use.If Autoplay is disabled on your machine or the USB drive is already plugged in, enable ReadyBoost as follows: You can learn more about ReadyBoost at the Ready Boost Q&A at, and you can look up your USB key at. That said, premium USB drives from companies such as Lexar or SanDisk will work as ReadyBoost drives.Įxpect companies that make these drives to bill them as ReadyBoost ready on the packaging. The manufacturers of USB memory drives don't print their specifications clearly on the packaging. So, how can you tell whether your drive meets the specification? The easiest way is to plug it in. Vista must be able to write data at 1.75MB/sec for a 512KB chunk of data.

Vista must also be able to read 4K of data at 2.5MB/sec randomly across the drive.

The maximum size of flash drive you can use is 4 gigabytes. The drive must have a capacity of at least 256MB, of which a minimum of 230MB will be used by Vista for ReadyBoost tasks.To use a ReadyBoost device, your USB drive has to pass all of them. When Vista tests a USB drive to see whether it's suitable as a ReadyBoost device, it looks at several factors.