The smallest is 256MB.
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Figure 1-7
If the ReadyBoost
tab looks like the left
screen here, you??™re
ready to proceed. If it
looks like the screen on
the right, try testing the
USB device again.
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Click OK. Windows closes the Removable Disk Properties dialog box and
starts using the drive for ReadyBoost.
You should now see a performance improvement, especially during long computing
sessions or when you have many applications and documents open. However,
the difference may not be dramatic.
Step 5: Remove a ReadyBoost Device
For best effect, you should leave the memory device attached all the time you use
your PC. This is easy to do with a desktop PC, where you can plug in a USB memory
stick and simply leave it, but having a memory stick protruding from a laptop PC
tends to be awkward??”so you??™ll probably want to remove it.
To remove the memory device, follow these steps:
Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the notification
area (the icon with the green circle containing
a white check mark).
On the menu that appears, click the Safely Remove USB Mass Storage Device
item for the drive.
When Windows displays the Safe To Remove Hardware dialog box, click
OK, and then unplug the device.
Windows mirrors all the data that??™s stored on the ReadyBoost device in a file on
your hard disk, so removing your ReadyBoost device doesn??™t have any bad effects??”
Windows simply retrieves the data it needs from the hard disk rather than from the
ReadyBoost device.
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