Windows Pagefile on Memory Card

[LandyMan]

As per the subject, I know this is possible to boost performance (not paging to the HDD), but how do you actually go about doing it?

Thanks

 

[Juggy]

Use system properties to move it to the USB stick.

This is how Ready Boost for Vista works in theory

 

[chiskop]

I just know that when I plugged in an external USB drive, windows offered to use it to boost the memory. I refused the offer, but perhaps an additional 235GB could come in handy?

 

[mercurial]

my computer -> properties -> advanced -> click settings under performance tab -> advanced -> click change under virtual memory -> select the drive -> click set -> click ok -> restart ur pc

 

[Skeptik]

Does the memory stick have to be 'ready-boost' enabled or U3?

 

[LandyMan]

my computer -> properties -> advanced -> click settings under performance tab -> advanced -> click change under virtual memory -> select the drive -> click set -> click ok -> restart ur pc

Thanks, thats where I looked. Dont have my MicroSD converter here ... will try it at home tonight

 

[chiskop]

Does the memory stick have to be 'ready-boost' enabled or U3?

Apparently not.

ReadyBoost is a disk caching technology first included with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. It aims to make computers running Windows Vista more responsive by using flash memory on a USB 2.0 drive, SD card, CompactFlash, or other form of flash memory, in order to boost system performance.
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For a device to be compatible and useful it must conform to the following requirements:

* The capacity of the removable media must be at least 256 MB (250 after formatting)
* Devices larger than 4 GB will have only 4 GB used for ReadyBoost
* The device should have an access time of 1ms or less
* The device must be capable of 2.5 MB/s read speeds for 4 KB random reads spread uniformly across the entire device and 1.75 MB/s write speeds for 512 KB random writes spread uniformly across the device
* The device must have at least 235 MB of free space
* NTFS and FAT,FAT32 are supported