How to Test if ReadyBoost Is Active. The ReadyBoost feature in Windows 8 allows you to gain minor increases in performance by making use of the free space on a flash drive. However, Windows 8 does ...

There has been a lot of mixed feedback on Vista's ReadyBoost feature. Some say they have noticed significant performance boosts, some no seeing any real difference and others finding a drop in ...

I heard that Readyboost can actually degrade performance if you already have a lot of RAM. Not sure if that's still correct with Win7, since this was around the time of the Vista launch, but it's ...

Windows ReadyBoost lets users use a removable flash memory device, such as a USB thumb drive, to improve system performance without opening the box.

A few months ago, I bought two 240gb SSD drives, one each for my desktop and laptop. I installed the laptop right away and love it, but I've been procrastinating on my desktop (Windows 7 x64 ...

Do Windows Vista's ReadyBoost and SuperFetch features really improve performance?

The longer a mobile user operated with ReadyBoost, the more Superfetch settled in. With each instance of sleep or shut down, the more Vista recognized what was to be swapped to the ReadyBoost cache.