another readyboost question

For some reason, my PNY Attache 1GB drive which Vista said wasn't fast enough to use as a ReadyBoost device is now working! I didn't do anything, just plugged it in again. Anyway, when I first started the readyBoost, there's a few minutes of Hand flash drive activity (presumably copying files to the Flash drive ?) - but this slows the PC down! Especially if the drive's plugged in an boot-up - it takes about 5 minutes for the drive activity to stop and for the PC to be fully booted once the desktop appears. Without the RB active, boot-up is much quicker.
What's going on here? Seems strange that the system designed to speed up the PC is actually slowing it down due to disk activity!

Readyboost is caching your startup too. After several uses it is supposed to make your PC startup quicker.
"Brian Wescombe" wrote:

For some reason, my PNY Attache 1GB drive which Vista said wasn't fast enough to use as a ReadyBoost device is now working! I didn't do anything, just plugged it in again. Anyway, when I first started the readyBoost, there's a few minutes of Hand flash drive activity (presumably copying files to the Flash drive ?) - but this slows the PC down! Especially if the drive's plugged in an boot-up - it takes about 5 minutes for the drive activity to stop and for the PC to be fully booted once the desktop appears. Without the RB active, boot-up is much quicker.
What's going on here? Seems strange that the system designed to speed up the PC is actually slowing it down due to disk activity!

Ah thanks for that! I'll leave it on for a bit and see what happens
"baguabob" wrote in message

Readyboost is caching your startup too. After several uses it is supposed to make your PC startup quicker.
"Brian Wescombe" wrote:
For some reason, my PNY Attache 1GB drive which Vista said wasn't fast enough to use as a ReadyBoost device is now working! I didn't do anything, just plugged it in again. Anyway, when I first started the readyBoost, there's a few minutes of Hand flash drive activity (presumably copying files to the Flash drive ?) - but this slows the PC down! Especially if the drive's plugged in an boot-up - it takes about 5 minutes for the drive activity to stop and for the PC to be fully booted once the desktop appears. Without the RB active, boot-up is much quicker.
What's going on here? Seems strange that the system designed to speed up the PC is actually slowing it down due to disk activity!