angrykeyboarder Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 I bought this drive specifically becuause Corsair states it's "ReadyBoost compatible". Is "compatible" different than say "certified"? In a nutshell, Vista (x64) says it's not compatible. It looks like I may have wasted my $$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted May 4, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted May 4, 2007 When you install the drive at the bottom it will give you the choice to use it for Ready Boost, but you will need to format the drive with NTFS file system or you may not have that option. From a command Prompt please use this syntax and you need to be an Administrator on that system: Format (X:) /FS:NTFS /U (X=the drive letter assigned to the Flash Voyager) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrykeyboarder Posted May 5, 2007 Author Share Posted May 5, 2007 When you install the drive at the bottom it will give you the choice to use it for Ready Boost, but you will need to format the drive with NTFS file system or you may not have that option. From a command Prompt please use this syntax and you need to be an Administrator on that system: Format (X:) /FS:NTFS /U (X=the drive letter assigned to the Flash Voyager) It's been a few weeks since I last tried. But all I know is, I got some sort of message after selecting "Speed up my PC using ReadyBoost" from the AutoPlay menu (and having specified to use the whole drive and then clicking "OK") that Windows said something to the effect of "this drive is not capable...". Now moments before I wrote the reply you're reading now, I tried again and this time (I think?) it's seems to have worked. I went through the same process, but I didn't get the "not capable" response and ever since then the activity light on the drive has been flashing away. I guess it's working now, I don't really know. However, the drive is formatted for FAT32 and not NTFS. The first time I tried this I had in fact formatted the other GT drive I bought for NTFS before I'd tried it out. That drive, nor this one worked at that time. However.... I now suspect my problem may have been related to the USB port I used. If I recall correctly, when I originally tried this and Windows complained, I was in fact using a USB port in a card reader that's installed in the PC. This time around I used a port that's built into the front of the case. So perhaps the other port is slower. Maybe? Maybe not.... Regardless, Windows is now saying that 3.75 (of 4) GB is in use on this drive (it was empty before I plugged it in) and it's shows formatted FAT32. I really suspect my problem was the other USB port. I could be wrong though, who knows? :-) Your thoughts? Oh, btw thanks for your help thus far. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted May 7, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted May 7, 2007 It may be try it connected to the port on the back of your MB on the I/O Ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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