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    ReadyBoost and SDHC card

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by stallen, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. stallen

    stallen Thinkpad Woody

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    I purchased a Sandisk Extreme III 4GB SDHC card with plans to use the entire thing for readyboost. I have a T61 with internal memory card slot. I have read on the forum that this reader is SDHC compliant.

    Vista accepted the card. I noticed that the read and write speeds are 7386 kb/sec & 6692 kb/sec, respectively. These scores seem slower than what the card should be capable.

    I then noticed that the card is formatted as FAT32. This card should be capable of NTFS. Should I reformat to NTFS? Will that improve the speed?

    Also, I was going to reformat until I got the message "this card is in use by another application" Obviously it is in use by readyboost. Can I proceed anyway or how do I temporarily disable readyboost in order to format.
     
    stallen, Aug 23, 2007
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  2. boggysv

    boggysv Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    I'm using the same card and face the same problem. My Fat32 results are random read speed at 7250KB/s and sequential write at 6321KB/s
    I reformatted to various file formats and allocation sizes, but the differences are negligible.

    btw, my laptop is a dell xps m1330.

    do let me know if you find a way to boost these speeds.
     
    boggysv, Sep 26, 2007
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  3. kanehi

    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    It would be best to format in NTFS if you're going to use it exclusively for your purpose.
     
    kanehi, Sep 27, 2007
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    DMANbluesfreak Notebook Consultant

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    It may be limited by your card reader...
     
    DMANbluesfreak, Oct 5, 2007
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  5. leaftye

    leaftye Notebook Consultant

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    Why is that? I could may see for security, but if there's any other reason, it'd be new to me....or I need to get some sleep.
     
    leaftye, Oct 5, 2007
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