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Upgrading your RAM will make your computer run more efficiently. Games, internet browsing and application speeds will increase.


1.) Plug your flash drive into one of the USB ports. Make sure you have no important files saved to the flash drive. The higher the memory on the flash drive, the more RAM you can add to you computer, however, certain computers can only use so much.

2.) Click Start > Computer > Right Click your flash drive > Properties

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3.) Go to the Ready Boost tab and check the "Use this device." box. Now drag the slider all the way to the right, so you can use your flash drive to it's full potential. Click apply then Ok.

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As you can see I have added 1902 megabytes of RAM, which is almost 2 Gigs.

4.) Now just to check if everything worked open up your flash drive and you should have a ReadyBoost file located inside of it.

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And there you go your computer should now run more smoothly! Remember the more RAM you add the more of a difference you should see in performance.

Some IMPORTANT Things:
-The RAM added will not show up in your installed memory because it is "Virtual memory".
-Do not unplug your flashdrive while your computer is on, turn off before unplugging. Computer may crash if unplugged while computer is on.
-You can use as many flashdrives as you have USB ports.
-I recommend changing the name of you flashdrive to something involving "RAM" so you don't save any files to it.
-Every computer has a certain amount of RAM that can be added, you will only be able to use as much as your computer can handle.

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---------- Post added at 07:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:20 PM ----------

thanks for the thanks FozkaZ

thanks for the thanks FozkaZ

I knew this. It's slow as shit though, you really only need it when using RAM sucking programs like AAE or Photoshop. I recommend using a USB 3.0 for best results.

ill post if i have any problems...
Im still lookin for my USB

thanks for testing it

---------- Post added at 07:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:38 PM ----------



:O you nominated IT! thanks alot!

been posted before...

I don't mean to flame but this can overheat your system and maybe even cause problems. I done this and was using it for about 3 days and my laptops temperature was increasing compared to any other normal day so I removed it.

yeh as stated above its best to use only when you really need to
thanks for reply though

Very nice copy and paste, try giving credit to where you copied from next time

I get this problem think you can help
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---------- Post added at 09:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:52 PM ----------


Fixed :
Try the following.

Close the properties menu of the Flash drive.

Go to the Services and switch Off the Superfetch Service.

Wait a minute and then turn it on again and check if you have the ReadyBoost available in the Flash Drive properties.

BTW once yo have 1GB of RAM (or more) the ReadyBoost does not functionally contribute to any significant Boost.