Vista Ready Boost Didn’t Work On My Machine

Everton | Feb 08, 2007 | View Comments


The USB memory stick I ordered from Amazon finally came today. Luckily I was at home as I’m snowed in at the moment. ReadyBoost is unique to Vista and is supposed to speed up loading times.

Well I’ve just put it to the test and it’s definitely not working for me. Here are my times:

  • Boot time without ReadyBoost: 76s. With ReadyBoost: average 115s
  • Shudown time without ReadyBoost: 40s. With ReadyBoost: average: 50s

I want to give it another run in a few weeks time as my PC is a bit sluggish booting up as it’s failing to install the drivers for my Dell Axim, which could be affecting ReadyBoost’s performance.




How have you got on with Vista’s ReadyBoost? If you haven’t got a compatible memory stick then check out this ReadyBoost Compatibility list before you buy, or you might be sorry. I went for the Patriot Xporter XT Extreme Performance 4GB Flash Drive pictured as it was one of the few 4GB sticks compatible with ReadyBoost.


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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University.He also writes for Windows 7 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

  • It takes longer to boot up because the driver/software for the Ready boost needs to be loaded. It probably needs to initialize the flash memory in Vista, that can take some time.
  • Andrew
    It would make sense that it takes longer to boot up and shut down simply because it's just one more program. It does however speed up your performance overall (in my experience) once it's up and running. However if you go over a certain size of flash drive, say two 2GB ones or a single 4GB one over a single 2GB drive you might experience problems.
  • You can find a list of readyboost compatible usb flash memory here: http://www.readyboostmemory.com
  • I don't think it is supposed to speed up boot time.
    It is supposed to speed up performance while USING the system.

  • mine stays plugged in...
  • Who would have known :S

    I think the problem is, that the flash rams are hotswap. Windows can't save files it "needs" on their if it suddenly is being removed (at least I think so)

    - Lars
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