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How To Make Your Computer Faster Without Additional RAM

Posted on 16. Feb, 2009 by Janelle in Free Tips

Everybody knows that the more RAM (Random Access Memories) you have on your computer, the faster your computer will be in performing tasks. However, adding RAM can be an expensive option at times, especially adding RAM to your PC notebook. There’s also a limit to the amount of RAM you can add on to your computer.

Another issue associated with adding RAM is that it can be cumbersome. This is so because it usually requires you to open up the computer casing and you have to get your hands dirty with the cables and connectors.

Now, there is an alternative option and it’s much more easier to implement. If you are running Windows Vista on your computer, you can make your computer run faster by adding Virtual Memory!

In Windows Vista system, there is a feature called “ReadyBoost”. This feature allows your computer to use Flash Memory Devices (e.g. SD cards, USB Thumb Drive) as additional cache memory. In another word, your computer is virtually enhanced with extra memory it can use to store data it needs to access frequently. This is how you can speed up your computer and at the same time free up the RAM for other usage. The end result: you improve your PC performance without having to add more physical RAM.

Here are the steps to make your computer run faster with USB Flash Drive:

Plug in your USB Drive. Your computer should be able to detect the drive automatically and present you with a dialogue box. If this is the first time you are using the USB drive on your computer, click on “Speed up my computer” under the “General Option”. A Properties dialogue box will appear. If the USB drive had been used on the computer before, it will be listed as “Removable Disk” under your Window Explorer. Rick click on the “Removable Disk” and select “Properties” from the pop-up menu.
Inside the “Properties” dialogue box, click on the “ReadyBoost” menu tab.
Select “Use this device” and use the Slider to indicate the amount of USB drive you wish to allocate for virtual memory cache. Click “OK” and you are done!

A picture is better than a thousand words. Please refer to the pictures below which’s self-explanatory:

How To Speed Up Your Computer

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11 Comments

George

16. Feb, 2009

Janelle,
It all sounds fine except for 1 small glitch. Mind you now this is only a very small inconvenience. I run windows xp on all 3 of my machines. 1 is xp pro the other 2 are xp home. So nice try and appreciated, but no vista here. Thanks for the shout though and have a nice day.

Always yours,
George

Terence

16. Feb, 2009

Excellent. I have not got around to using vista yet due to the many glitches. Good to know though well done

gabriel bear

16. Feb, 2009

is there a similar operation available in XP?
this is a good tip for vista users, who can use all the help they can get…
with a fast enough machine, people can then begin the task of getting real seo and serp for their efforts.

Janelle

16. Feb, 2009

Hi Gabriel,

The “ReadyBoost” feature is only available in Vista. I do not know of any in XP. But, you should be able to achieve a similar result if you know how to go about doing it via other programming/software method. I do not know the answer for now. You may find it on the web by searching using Google.

Davette

16. Feb, 2009

Is there anything similar for XP users? I’m not giving in to Vista yet.

Also, will this work with larger external hard drives, like My Passport?

Roger

17. Feb, 2009

My comment also relates to XP Pro. Everything went fine
until the dreaded “V” word appeared. The only saving grace is the number of considered XP users who know good thing and platform when they have it. Still that does detract from your goodwill for which I do thank you Gabriel. Regards Roger, New Zealand.

Janelle

17. Feb, 2009

Hi Roger,

I understand how you feel. Windows Vista looks great in appearance. But, it aches a lot of XP Pro users. This including myself.

It hurt most when I installed the SP1 (service pack 1) about half-a-year ago. It crashed my computer completely. It took me more than 2 weeks to retrieve all my data. Now, I’m more confident with Vista. Knowing what to avoid and what it can do best for me. So far so good. I’m still eager to see Windows 7. Heard it’s good

Neil

17. Feb, 2009

Hi all here is a way to have the same technology for XP
eBoostr™ is an alternative solution to Vista’s ReadyBoost and SuperFetch technologies now available on Windows XP
It speeds up your PC and improves application responsiveness by using flash memory and free RAM as an extra layer of performance-boosting cache for your PC. Use up to four inexpensive flash devices to speed up your system. Add more speed to your PC without any hardware upgrade!
You can get it here : http://www.eboostr.com/

Hope this helps all the XP users!!!!!

Janelle

17. Feb, 2009

Thanks Neil for suggesting “eBoostr”. But, it’s a paid product. There should be some system setting or free open source software that can helps in the job. Hopefully someone can offer a solution to those XP users

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