Windows 7 Readyboost Really Works Unlike With Windows Vista

Everton | Sep 04, 2009 | Comments

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Windows Vista Readyboost was a real disappointment, with the only winners flash drive manufacturers as users rushed out to but new flash drives in an attempt to get better performance.

The situation couldn’t be more different with Windows 7, as Readyboost is finally delivering against Microsoft’s promises.  More and more users are finding that not only does Windows 7 Readyboost improve boot and shut-down times, but they also offer speed improvements that are really useful.

Joseph Plazo over at Connected Internet is one such user:

Adobe Audition witnessed some delightful results as well. I normally play with very large soundfiles that take 60MB to 120MB of hardisk space. One’s patience is certainly tried handling such processing. Anything that can cut down the processing time was welcome. I tried Readyboost.

The result made me grin. Readyboost consistently shaved some 20% off the handling of such large files of varying sizes. The speed drop is apparent when I unplugged the USB drive.

If you’re not running Readyboost on Windows 7, it’s definitely worthwhile buying a cheap flashdrive on ebay.

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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK.He also writes for Windows 8 News, Connected Internet and One Tip A Day.

  • Anonymous
    I use 4GB of flash drive as readyboost. Especially on my slow laptop, I do see quite an improvement in performance. I wonder if the gains will be as large when I try it on my new (and much faster) desktop that's coming...
  • chieftain20
    Lol mine doesn't work. http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1235/noready...
    Guess thats because I have a SSD for my hard drive that achieves a 6.9 on the WEI.
  • Stephen
    If you have a media card slot (SDHC, for instance), you can also setup a readyboost cache on that and have it present all of the time. Actually, my Expresscard also works just fine. BTW, a couple of things people do not seem to know is that 1) the 4GB limit is gone if you format the drive (or card) as Exfat, and 2) you can have more than one readyboost cache at the same time. I've dedicated all of my 8GB Expresscard and half of an 8GB SDHC card as an experiment. The results have impressed me and since both cards reside inside slots in my laptop, I can run them as permanent caches (unless I need the SDHC slot for something)....

    Stephen
  • Works very well..
  • yolarrydabomb
    Never works for me.


    Vista Readyboost killed my ram.
  • Justin
    Yolarrydabomb no one is talking about vista its about 7 and we already know vista readyboost sucks we have for years
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