On Aug 16, 2:50*pm, Ant wrote:
On 8/16/2009 11:42 AM PT, Bennett Marco typed:



I read that Vista and Windows 7 can be sped up faster by using Flash USB
sticks/drives (have 256 MB to 1 GB sizes). Can this be done with an
updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 too?

If you are referring to Vista's Readyboost, no.
Yeah, that and thanks. Aww, someone should make one for XP.

How much RAM does your system have?

2 GB of RAM. Having some minor speed improvements with those USB Flash
drives would be nice.
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I found some 3rd party "solutions" to give at least a ReadyBoost
appearance to XP and a flash drive. Free to download and try.

Some people seem to be perturbed with even the real ReadyBoost -
perhaps their expectations are too high.

"ReadyBoost is a great technology when you’re low on RAM."

I think for XP, I would just add more RAM.

I wonder which would be faster and more reliable - a flash drive or on
board RAM?

Anybody multi OS people have experience with this in the real world?