Increasing Vista performance with a flash drive

If you have a Vista operating system, you can improve your computer's performance a little by using a flash (thumb) drive as "RAM" memory..

Let me explain how this works. There are several levels of "memory" in your computer. Let's call them L1 to L5. Each level has a "speed" attribute; ie how fast the computer can get to information in that memory and how fast it can read or write information to that memory. More on each level:

1. L1. This is the fastest. It reside on your CPU chip.
   
2. L2. This is next. It either resides on your CPU chip or in the module containing your CPU chip.
3. L3. This is the level I'm talking about for this post. It is called "Readyboost" and involves using a flash drive as special CPU memory
4. L4. Any flash drives plugged into your computer (in the photo ports or in general USB ports)
5. L5. Your hard drive. Yes, hard drive is slowest.

Here's an article on how to use Readyboost: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/4334.aspx

I use one of the photo ports for my Readyboost flash drive.

If you want some help installing this, please give me an email or a call.