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Win XP: Can i use my USB drive as extension to RAM (like vista)?

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/win-xp-can-i-use-my-usb-drive-as-extension-to-ram-like-vista.94726/

raksrules
raksrules Original post #1
Aug 2, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Can i use my USB drive as extension to RAM? I am using windows XP. I suppose this is possible in windows vista.
dOm1naTOr
Aug 3, 2008 at 12:00 AM
nope...btw using a USB device as ram even in vista is of no use. its 100x times slower than RAM
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manusag #3
Aug 3, 2008 at 12:07 AM
YES you can using eboostr.
here is the link
*www.eboostr.com/
the.kaushik
Aug 3, 2008 at 12:09 AM
i too found a link.. see if that of any use *wizardcreations.wordpress.com/2007...-on-xp-using-your-flash-drive-as-a-page-file/
sreevirus
Aug 3, 2008 at 12:19 AM
I really would not recommend using a flash drive as a swap drive/virtual memory. Talking from an experience point, I had hardware failures on two of my flash drives (both Transcend make). A year ago, I used to watch movies stored on the drive and it stopped working. A few weeks ago, my friend did the same thing with my 4gb drive, and it conked off too. I guess that prolonged continuous read cycles were not a good thing. Luckily, in both cases, the drives were under warranty.

But, this is just my experience. I would like to know the views of others too.
Krazy Bluez
Aug 3, 2008 at 12:35 AM
OFFTOPIC : Thanks manusag for this link, as I didn't knew it was possible in XP too !