Sunday, October 7, 2012

Increase the capacity of RAM using Flash Drive

If you are having an old computer with a very less RAM capacity then this post is just for you. Now, you can use your flash drive (pen drive) to increase the capacity of your RAM. Random Access Memory or RAM is the main memory of your computer and it is a temporary memory. For running many programs on your PC, you need to have good capacity RAM for ex- Games. If your RAM memory is good then your programs will run faster and you can enjoy better computing experience.
Follwing are the steps to setup your flash drive as RAM:

For windows XP:
1. Insert flash drive and right click on My Computer icon.
2. go to properties -> Advance -> click change where it shows Virtual Memory
3. Select Flash Drive and then click on custom size
4. Set the size of the flash drive (same or less than the size of your flash memory)
5. Click on OK and Apply changes
7. Restart your computer and You are Done!!!

For window 7 or Vista:

1. Insert Flash drive on your computer

2. Right click on the flash drive and go to properties
3. Go to ReadyBoost
4. Select Use this device and then allocate the memory for use( approximate 80 percent of the total memory size of your flash drive)

5. Click on OK and Apply all Settings
6. Restart your computer

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