When ReadyBoost Doesn't Work
Yesterday I talked about how ReadyBoost can significantly increase the speed of your Vista experience. Some solid state devices like USB hard drives work well with ReadyBoost. Others do not.
Before enabling a device, Microsoft runs a series of tests first to see if the device is fast enough to support the feature. If it isn't, you'll see a screen similar to this in the devices' properties:
If you see this screen, then your USB drive isn't fast enough to support ReadyBoost. As I mentioned yesterday, there are a number of drives that are tested and supported. For today I found another site that tests and verifies drives to make sure the drive you buy will actually work.
Check them out here: http://www.memoryx.net/boostdevices.html
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