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Old August 16th 09, 06:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Ant
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

Hello.

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?

Thank you in advance.
--
"The general, unable to control his irritation, will launch his men to
the assault like swarming ants, with the result that one-third of his
men are slain, while the town still remains untaken. Such are the
disastrous effects of a siege." --Chapter 3 in Sun Tzu's The Ancient Art
of War (Translated by Lionel Giles)
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Old August 16th 09, 07:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

Ant wrote:

Hello.

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?

Thank you in advance.


If you are referring to Vista's Readyboost, no.
  #3  
Old August 16th 09, 07:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

On 8/16/2009 11:04 AM PT, Hank J. 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.
--
"Busy as ants hurrying orcs were digging, digging lines of deep trenches
in a huge ring, just out of bowshot from the walls;" --The Return of the
King (book)
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Old August 16th 09, 07:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

No, "Ready Boost" is not part of Windows XP.

However if you want to see a significant performance
boost you can and a second hard drive. Partition the
new (2nd) drive so that the first partition (Logical drive)
is no more than 10% to 20% of the total drive size.

Now use the first partition to relocated your pagefile
and also as a location for temporary files.

--
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"Ant" wrote in message
...
Hello.

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?

Thank you in advance.
--
"The general, unable to control his irritation, will launch his men to the
assault like swarming ants, with the result that one-third of his men are
slain, while the town still remains untaken. Such are the disastrous
effects of a siege." --Chapter 3 in Sun Tzu's The Ancient Art of War
(Translated by Lionel Giles)
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT
( ) or

Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.



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Old August 16th 09, 07:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Bennett Marco
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

Ant wrote:

On 8/16/2009 11:04 AM PT, Hank J. 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?
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Old August 16th 09, 07:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

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.
--
"The ants are my friends, they're blowin' in the wind. The ant, sir, is
blowin' in the wind." --the misheard lyrics to Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in
the Wind"
/\___/\
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| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT
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Old August 16th 09, 07:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

On 8/16/2009 11:24 AM PT, JS typed:

No, "Ready Boost" is not part of Windows XP.


Darn. I was hoping someone made a software addon to be something like
this for XP.


However if you want to see a significant performance
boost you can and a second hard drive. Partition the
new (2nd) drive so that the first partition (Logical drive)
is no more than 10% to 20% of the total drive size.

Now use the first partition to relocated your pagefile
and also as a location for temporary files.


I have something like that already. Just curious if USB Flash
drives/sticks could be used for a little more speed up since I have
unused ones.
--
"It's kind of an insane case ... 6,000 ants dressed up as rice and
robbed a Chinese restaurant." --Steven Wright
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| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
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Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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Old August 16th 09, 09:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Bennett Marco
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

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.


With that much RAM, even Vista wouldn't benefit from Readyboost.

You either need faster hard drives, or an upgrade of your mobo and
CPU.
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Old August 16th 09, 10:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

On 8/16/2009 1:00 PM 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.


With that much RAM, even Vista wouldn't benefit from Readyboost.

You either need faster hard drives, or an upgrade of your mobo and
CPU.


Oh OK. My quad-core PC is fast enough. Just looking for more speed ups
(always room for them!). I was hoping using USB Flash sticks/drives
would even make it faster. I guess not then! Thanks.
--
"This isn't a war. It never was a war, any more than there's war between
man and ants." --artilleryman from H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
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| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
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Old August 16th 09, 10:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

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.
--
"The ants are my friends, they're blowin' in the wind. The ant, sir, is
blowin' in the wind." --the misheard lyrics to Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in
the Wind"
* * /\___/\
* */ /\ /\ \ * * * * Phil/Ant @http://antfarm.ma.cx(Personal Web Site)
* | |o * o| | * * * *Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL):http://aqfl.net
* * *\ _ / * * * * Nuke ANT from e-mail address:
* * * ( ) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * or
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.


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?
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Old August 16th 09, 10:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

Jose wrote:


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


More RAM... but in this case, the OP has enough.
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Old August 16th 09, 10:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

there is a third party
maker that makes
a ready boost version
for xp.

it's about 50 bucks.

-------------

they really act like
the hibernation feature

and you require usb
flash drives that are
twice the size of your
ram to provide the
full benefit.

also, flash drives come
in two flavors:

those that are ready
boost ready

and those that are
not.

-------------

one day microsoft
will hire the smart guy
who develops a rom
level hibernation.

but it will be a long
time til then.
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"Ant" wrote in message ...
Hello.

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?

Thank you in advance.
--
"The general, unable to control his irritation, will launch his men to the assault like swarming ants, with the result that
one-third of his men are slain, while the town still remains untaken. Such are the disastrous effects of a siege." --Chapter 3 in
Sun Tzu's The Ancient Art of War (Translated by Lionel Giles)
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
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Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.


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Old August 16th 09, 11:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

On 8/16/2009 2:34 PM PT, Bennett Marco typed:

Jose wrote:

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


More RAM... but in this case, the OP has enough.


Yeah, I thought I could speed up XP's boot up like Vista's ReadyBoast
with one of those USB Flash sticks/drives.
--
"Even an ant can hurt an elephant." --Proverb
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT
( ) or

Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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Old August 16th 09, 11:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Um, nice poem?


On 8/16/2009 2:58 PM PT, db typed:

there is a third party
maker that makes
a ready boost version
for xp.

it's about 50 bucks.

-------------

they really act like
the hibernation feature

and you require usb
flash drives that are
twice the size of your
ram to provide the
full benefit.

also, flash drives come
in two flavors:

those that are ready
boost ready

and those that are
not.

-------------

one day microsoft
will hire the smart guy
who develops a rom
level hibernation.

but it will be a long
time til then.

--
"Though your enemy is the size of an ant, look upon him as an elephant."
--Danish
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT
( ) or

Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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Old August 17th 09, 12:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?


JS

"and also as a location for temporary files". That's a variant I have
not seen suggested before!

--


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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



JS wrote:
No, "Ready Boost" is not part of Windows XP.

However if you want to see a significant performance
boost you can and a second hard drive. Partition the
new (2nd) drive so that the first partition (Logical drive)
is no more than 10% to 20% of the total drive size.

Now use the first partition to relocated your pagefile
and also as a location for temporary files.


"Ant" wrote in message
...
Hello.

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?

Thank you in advance.
--
"The general, unable to control his irritation, will launch his men
to the assault like swarming ants, with the result that one-third of
his men are slain, while the town still remains untaken. Such are
the disastrous effects of a siege." --Chapter 3 in Sun Tzu's The
Ancient Art of War (Translated by Lionel Giles)
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web
Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL):
http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address:
NT ( )
or
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on
his home computer.


 




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