Enable Readyboost in Windows 7

ReadyBoost is a component of Microsoft Windows, first introduced with Windows Vista in 2006 and also included with Windows 7. It works by using flash memory as a drive for disk cache.

ReadyBoost is also used to facilitate SuperFetch, an updated version of Windows XP’s prefetcher which performs analysis of boot-time disk usage patterns and creates a cache which is used in subsequent system boots

Instructions

Enable Readyboost

• Insert your USB Key
• On the autorun pop-up click Speed up my system(or right click on your usb key in “my computer” and select properties. Then click the readyboost tab)

• on the ready boost tab select Use this device

• Then you can change the amount of space the readyboost feature uses