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Abraham Amponsah

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My computer says my usb stick isnt compatible with Readyboost, but i have used the samed usb stick in the past for readyboost.
im pretty sure my pc has usb 2.0.
My usb stick is a adata COO8 8 gb.
 
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Yeah... I don't think so.
I've got 32gb ram, 256gb ssd and win7 doesnt have a problem using a usb stick for readyboost.

To my knowledge these are the only rules to enable readyboost.

The capacity of the removable media is at least 256 MB
The flash memory devices must be capable of 2.5MB/sec throughput for 4K random reads
The flash memory devices must also be capable of 1.75MB/sec throughput for 512K random writes
The removable media device should have an access time of 1ms or less.
Formatted as NTFS or FAT32 filesystem, both can make use a maximum of 4 GB of flash memory, which is the ReadyBoost limit.
ReadyBoost supports one flash device at any one time as of currently.

Full format and Retest the flashdrive. Then if it fails...
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Abraham Amponsah

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no it doesnt, but why does that matter?

EDIT: the pc i used to use it on didnt have a SSD either.
 
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If your pc has an SSD, readyboost probably won't do anything to be beneficial, because an SSD is basically a large flashdrive.

What is the model of your USB? It may not be fast enough for the new PC. What is your pc?
 
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Adata c008 and the current pc im trying to use the usb on isnt new but my main my pc broke :( its a old pc
 
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When you put a flash drive in windows operating systems do a quick tot up of the system resources capabilities, and it calculates wether or not the system would benefit from readyboost, using that stick. First off, make sure you put it in a back port. Most old pc's run usb 1 (12 meg?) at the front and usb2 at the back(144meg bandwidth.) Putting it in the front would result in a decision of no improvement. If there is plenty of good quality ram in the machine it might also result in a no improvement decision. Its a good make stick. You might try a smaller one, I seem to have luck and can feel the benefit with a 1 gig stick. If it says no it would hinder not help your machine. I believe the ammount of cash ram on the drive affects the decision too. Agood drive will not benefit.
 
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Yeah... I don't think so.
I've got 32gb ram, 256gb ssd and win7 doesnt have a problem using a usb stick for readyboost.

To my knowledge these are the only rules to enable readyboost.

The capacity of the removable media is at least 256 MB
The flash memory devices must be capable of 2.5MB/sec throughput for 4K random reads
The flash memory devices must also be capable of 1.75MB/sec throughput for 512K random writes
The removable media device should have an access time of 1ms or less.
Formatted as NTFS or FAT32 filesystem, both can make use a maximum of 4 GB of flash memory, which is the ReadyBoost limit.
ReadyBoost supports one flash device at any one time as of currently.

Full format and Retest the flashdrive. Then if it fails Open Event Viewer (Eventvwr.msc) and click the Applications And Services Logs category in the console tree on the left. Under this heading, click Microsoft, Windows, and ReadyBoost. Under this latter heading, select Operational. The log entries in the center pane include your performance test results.
 
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