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    How do I start readyboost in vista with Hybrid HD

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by makaveli, Jul 6, 2007.

  1. makaveli

    makaveli Notebook Geek

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    Hi,

    Just got a Zepto 6324 with an hybrid harddrive. Whant to start readyboost on it but cant... thought it would be under properties for the harddrive but there is none....
    How do i start it ??? Help ??

    THX
     
    makaveli, Jul 6, 2007
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  2. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Readyboost is used in flash drives, not on hybrid hard drives. The flash drive used in hybrid hard drives is to cache the data into it, reducing the need for the read/write head to spin for access of data to enjoy better performance, greater reliability, and longer battery life.
     
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  3. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    You have to go into control panel's advanced power setting and enable hybrid drive for battery and/or AC.

    Also there is a separate setting to enable hybrid sleep.
     
    wave, Jul 6, 2007
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  4. chimpanzee

    chimpanzee Notebook Virtuoso

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    My understanding of hybrid sleep has nothing to do with hybrid HDD(which if I am not mistaken is transperent to OS, just much large HDD cache but not in RAM but flash). Hybrid sleep is sort of "writethrough sleep" in a sense that the active memory image is also written to the HDD(hibernate) so in case there is a loss of power, it can resume on next boot. Yet it can wake up fast if there is no power loss, unlike normal hibernation.
     
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  5. makaveli

    makaveli Notebook Geek

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    THX Wave... :D is there anything you can't answer on this forums :D
    anyway.. i found it and its now enabled


    EDIT. I now se that it was not Readyboost but readydrive.. sorry for that
     
    makaveli, Jul 7, 2007
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