28 October 2010

How to use pendrive as ram memory in windows 7

Hi friends, Windows 7 and Windows vista comes with a ready boost option. Q-What is ready boost
Ans- "ReadyBoost is a disk cache component of Microsoft Windows, first introduced with Microsoft's Windows Vista in 2006 and bundled with Windows 7 in 2009. It works by using flash memory, a USB flash drive, SD card, CompactFlash, external hard drive or any kind of portable flash mass storage system as a cache. ReadyBoost is also used to facilitate SuperFetch, which allows it to perform analysis of boot-time disk usage patterns and creates a cache which is used in subsequent system boots." Source
If you are using a high configuration PC, It doesn't show any effect on speed because if you are a normal user I think only a few times you use your full ram memory but if you are using an old pc with low ram memory(Like 512 MB or IGB) and harddisk & using vista or 7. It speed up your PC and you will see the result, reduced application data loading time, reduced shutdown and restart time and many more you can't imagine without High ram memory. How to use this feature
Plug in your pendrive-> Format with NTFS or FAT32
Now go to properties->Select ReadyBoost
Check Use this device->Choose maximum space to reserve system speed
Click on Apply and OK. Your readyboost PenDrive is ready Now to Use.
Here is an personal suggestion HP and Sandisk is the Best for this work so what are you waiting for.

39 comments:

Sumit chauhan said...

readyboost works well in windows 7 but not effective in vista

Namita agarwal said...

After shutdown we can remove and use pen drive or not
Does system saves some files in flash drive

Ethical Hacker said...

@ sumit right but not absolutely
@Namita yes we can use but format pen drive before using and after using before to use it as readyboost and after is to be safe from viruses

Mayank said...

Nice and usefull information i always read your blog when get some time and everytime get some knowledge and valuable info. thanks for sharing

Ethical Hacker said...

@mayank thanks buddy keep learning and sharing

lavish said...

can i use kingston or hp, i don't have sandisk pd. Another ques is will this trick work while using virtual machine on windows 7

Anonymous said...

transcend can be used or not
.......
nd after using readyboost can we use it for mass storage again or not

mostu said...

you are really a nice gui...
I am very thankful to u dear !!!!!

Anonymous said...

readyboost unfortunately does not replace/augment ram memory, and thus insufficient ram and/or hd cache will still give you problems in windows 7. is there a way to use pendrive as a fixed harddrive, so that the system cache may be moved to it? also, thanks for your time and efforts taken to educate and uplift the world :)

Anonymous said...

To use you pen drive as a ram
1.Right click on my computer
2.Select Properties
3.Then in the left panel of the window select advanced system settings
4.Then under performance click settings
5.Select the advanced tab under virtual memory click Change
6.Unpick automatically manage paging size .. .
7.Select you pen drive from the list and click on custom size
8."Check the space available" and enter a value 5MB less than the maximum
9.click the Set button and hit OK
10.Restart you PC and you Pen drive is a Ram

11.ENJOY...

SHEHZAADIII said...

tahnk yaa so much sir bt tel me 1 thing .... 'll it speed up GAMEZ need'n high RAM???

5sal said...

hei i hav already 4gb ram, bt if i used kingston 8gb pendriv as ram, i hav no diffrnc.

Anonymous said...

its amazing dear,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thnx for ur valueable sharing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i hav nt enough money to purchase a rambt i hav a spare pen drive which came wid grt result

Anonymous said...

Pls,is pendrive thesame as flashdrive?e.g.sandisk,transflash e.t.c.

Anonymous said...

i didn't have enough money to purchase a RAM but I had a spare pen drive and it came to be useful!

thanx

Anonymous said...

after doing all these things my computer showing only installed memory WHY??????????? It is not showing increased memory

sarthak said...

hey can i use two pendrives at the sametime as readyboost

sarthak said...

hey can i use two flashdrives at the sametime as ram????

amit said...

i have 8 GB hp pen drive.will it work as RAM?

Anonymous said...

when we use pen drive as ram at that time original ram should be in the system or we can take it out?????

mani said...

i have one doubt.. why virus affect pendrives easily..

jack said...

hey which properties will open yar n in pendrive properties there is no readyboost opition

anurag said...

IS ANY THING LIKE THIS FOR WIN XP SERVICES PACK 2

Anonymous said...

does the ram affect the speed of a game?

Anonymous said...

is it helpful when i play high graphics end games?
from--biswas

Anonymous said...

works in xp as well..........
go to my comp>prop>advanced>select the first option(something regarding perforance)>advanced tab>change>customise according to ur need>Unpick automatically manage paging size>set>ok>restart

and u r good to go

Pruthvi Shetty said...

It does not show in your system properties but you can see that the speed has gone up.

@@adi@@@ said...

it s great

Daljeet Singh said...

how can we know that if the Pendrive is working as a RAM. Coz i Follow the method for 8gb Hp pendrive, but not so change.. n Will it work for High profile Games..???

Anonymous said...

works..but increment in speed is not much.

Anonymous said...

WoW very good

Anjali Mishra said...

Get a better tutorial here : http://trackingthetech.blogspot.in/2012/06/use-pen-drive-as-ram.html

piyush said...

superhub idea.................

Arpit Agarwal said...

MY PEN DRIVE IS NOT VISIBLE WHILE I ADJUST VIRTUAL MEMORY...HELP ME ASAP..!!

Anonymous said...

is there is any probelm to pendrive while it is using as ram

Anonymous said...

am sorry i didn't get it. can antbody explain me what is all about? i tried it but could not understand anything.

Anonymous said...

nice quotes

love said...

nice tric it use usefull for me

Subodh Raj Acharya said...

what happens when the pen drive is unplugged directly??

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