Readyboost on XP

Howski · 23 Feb 2009 at 17:51

Hi,

I was just wondering if there was an XP equivalent of Vista's ready boost, even if its a hack or a 3rd party tool I'll be interested to know.

Thanks
-Howard Webb.

Burnsy2023 · 23 Feb 2009 at 17:52

I doubt it. Readyboost requires significant, fundamental OS changes to work.

ShakenNstirred · 23 Feb 2009 at 18:09

there is this
http://www.eboostr.com/

Ratbag · 23 Feb 2009 at 18:18

I tried Eboostr once on my XP system and didn't notice any difference. Then again, I tried readyboost on my Vista machine for a while and didn't notice any difference [my Vista machine being a relatively low spec 1GB laptop - exactly the sort of machine that should benefit].

Tute · 23 Feb 2009 at 23:48

Burnsy2023 said:
I doubt it. Readyboost requires significant, fundamental OS changes to work.

Is it not just a case of popping the swap file on a removable drive?

theheyes · 23 Feb 2009 at 23:56

It's encrypted and you can whip out the memory stick/card in question without breaking anything which leads me to think it's not easily ported to XP.

I've tried it and it didn't make too much difference with 2GB RAM.

Memphis · 24 Feb 2009 at 00:00

Tute said:
Is it not just a case of popping the swap file on a removable drive?

No. That's not ReadyBoost.