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Hello hello, I have a few questions regarding ReadyBoost, which would allow boosting one's computer:
- It is said that there needs to be a minimum of 2.5MB/s read and 1.75MB/s write speed on the USB drive, what does that mean concretely?
- How is the computer precisely boosted?
- Can I remove the USB drive once ReadyBoost has been "activated(?)"?
And if you have any other information that seems elementary, please feel free to share ;)
Thank you,
Snowmann
- It is said that there needs to be a minimum of 2.5MB/s read and 1.75MB/s write speed on the USB drive, what does that mean concretely?
- How is the computer precisely boosted?
- Can I remove the USB drive once ReadyBoost has been "activated(?)"?
And if you have any other information that seems elementary, please feel free to share ;)
Thank you,
Snowmann
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Hello,
- Concretely, it concerns the minimum required read and write speeds with the USB key, otherwise it won't be possible to use ReadyBoost, or there will be no performance changes.
- Not much, it’s simply about expanding the available cache memory on the machine, in an attempt to speed up information processing during reading.
- Not without disabling it. If the key is removed, ReadyBoost is no longer active because the storage medium for the cache is no longer there.
Finally, there is not much interest in this technology. It’s mainly to speed up slow machines during reading, when the slowness is significant and very annoying, but it won't allow you to boost the machine's overall power.
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- Concretely, it concerns the minimum required read and write speeds with the USB key, otherwise it won't be possible to use ReadyBoost, or there will be no performance changes.
- Not much, it’s simply about expanding the available cache memory on the machine, in an attempt to speed up information processing during reading.
- Not without disabling it. If the key is removed, ReadyBoost is no longer active because the storage medium for the cache is no longer there.
Finally, there is not much interest in this technology. It’s mainly to speed up slow machines during reading, when the slowness is significant and very annoying, but it won't allow you to boost the machine's overall power.
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~ To know how to listen is to possess, besides one's own, the brains of others... as Leonardo da Vinci said.
~ “The art of writing is above all to make oneself understood" — Eugène Delacroix
So I’ll follow up with some counter-questions...
-How can I make sure that the read and write speeds are correct on my drive?
-If I remove my drive after disabling it, nothing will have changed? It will just be like before? No data on the drive?
-And... that's it :D
Snowmann
> By using a USB 3.0 drive on USB 3.0 ports.
-If I remove my drive after disabling it, will nothing change? Will it be just like before? No data on the drive?
Yes and no, the drive will contain cached data (which is encrypted via AES in principle), so there is little risk for that, however, the drive will not be usable without being reformatted to a standard file system (ExFAT/FAT32/NTFS).
So there will just be data on the key but nothing important that needs to come back to the computer? Can I immediately format it without risk?
Because you are supposed to know what hardware you are buying and you are supposed to know what your computer has in terms of USB ports as well as where the relevant ports are located? :o)
A little help: generally, USB 3.0/3.1 flash drives have blue/turquoise colored USB connectors.
So, there will only be data on the drive, but nothing important that needs to go back to the computer? Can I format it immediately without risk?
No, because as I said, it is simply a read cache. That being said, it does not turn a slow machine or one incapable of running a game into a machine capable of running games or doing things it couldn't do before. It simply (very) slightly speeds up the opening of files, folders, etc.
Take care,
Snowmann