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Gallery: ReadyBoost and flash drives

Summary: Is your USB flash drive, Compact Flash card, or SD memory fast enough to take advantage of Windows Vista's new ReadyBoost caching feature? Here's how to find out.

Ed Bott

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I tested this collection of USB flash drives, collected over the past several years, to see which ones would work with the new ReadyBoost memory caching feature in Windows Vista.

Credit: Ed Bott
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Topics: Windows, Microsoft

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  • published specs?

    Any quick way to determine ReadyBoost numbers/capability before buying flash drives? Any correlation between price and performance?
    Thanks,
    Scott
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    • No way I know

      Most mfrs list maximum sequential read times, which doesn't help with ReadyBoost.

      Go to the original post and scroll to the end, where you can find a list of drives that have passed the tests.
      Ed Bott
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