In some not very new computers, there is a severe lack of RAM. Moreover, it’s often impossible to add another RAM bar, due to the lack of free slots. Many have to contrive in every possible way, turning off the "unnecessary" services of the operating system. After this, as a rule, the operating system works even worse.
Is it really impossible to increase the amount of RAM in other ways? Can. And using a regular flash drive. About how to make RAM from a flash drive, and we will discuss this article.
What is it for and how to do it?
This is necessary for more comfortable work at the computer. But if you are satisfied with constant glitches and brakes, then you can not read further. And the addition of RAM will speed up the computer several times. This means that it will process information faster. And in general, the system will become much faster and more stable.
This applies not only to computers. This is also true for mobile devices using the Android OS. We will also tell you how to make RAM on an Android flash drive.
Now about the ways. For the Windows family of operating systems, there is a special technology embedded in the system itself, which allows you to make random access memory from the drive. It's called Ready Boost. Android also has something similar, but there you need to use some programs. And the flash drive must be micro SD standard . And the faster, the better. However, let's move on to practice.
Flash drive in XP
Let's start with the outdated "pig", because it is in it that problems arise. By default, XP does not have Ready Boost support, but with the help of some "crutches" and "tambourine dances" you can make the "pig" turn the flash drive into RAM.
So, how to make RAM from a flash drive in Windows XP? The answer is a bit lower. Let's move on to action. In fact, it is not possible to launch Ready Boost in XP, so let's turn to third-party software:
- First you need to download the eBoostr program. Better from the official site.
- Then we install this utility, without changing anything, and run it. After launch, it will settle in the system tray.
- By clicking on the icon, we will see the program settings.
- Click on the name of the connected flash drive, put a checkmark on the item "Use to write cache" and save the settings.
After that, the flash drive will be used as RAM. You should not expect a performance gain. Still, this is XP, and this function is not native to her. Let's move on to the next paragraph of the story about how to make RAM from a flash drive.
Ready Boost on Windows 7 and later
To turn the flash drive into RAM in the seventh version of Windows, Ready Boost technology appeared. It uses the connected media as a page file. And since the read speed from a USB drive (especially 3.0) is several times higher than from a regular HDD, the increase in power and speed is impressive.
So, how to make RAM from Windows flash drive in Windows 7? Very simple. For this, you do not even need to study any additional literature. Everything is done using the system features of Windows:
- First, insert the USB flash drive, right-click on its name and select the "Properties" item.
- In the window that appears, select the Ready Boost tab and check the box "Use this device for Ready Boost".
- After that, click "OK."
- After caching, we reboot the PC and enjoy the increased performance.
The same algorithm of actions for operating systems versions 8.1 and 10. There are only some differences in the interfaces of these OS versions. But there are no special problems with this.
RAM from a flash drive on Android
In the case of the Android mobile operating system, everything is a little more complicated. In order to know how to make RAM on mobile devices from a flash drive, you need to shovel a bunch of information exactly on your device. But no one has yet canceled the general algorithm of actions.
First you need to have root-rights on the device. Without this, nothing will work. In some models of devices, to install an application that allows you to turn a USB flash drive into RAM, you will have to use recovery. For in no other ways can this utility be installed on individual devices.
Installing the necessary programs on Android
Next, you need to download and install a special program such as Apps2SD. It is she who helps to install applications on an external drive. This procedure may take some time, but after mounting the RAM partition on the flash drive, you will have to reboot the device for the changes to take effect. After that, part of the flash drive will be used as RAM.
This is true for devices with a catastrophic lack of the latter. However, note that if for some reason you remove the USB flash drive from the device, then all your applications will be dead. Have to reinstall them. So you need to be very careful with this matter.
Conclusion
Using a flash drive as RAM is justified if there is not enough physical memory, and there is no way to increase it. We even learned how to make RAM on XP from a flash drive, although it seems to have no this option in this operating system.
Warning for owners of PCs and laptops with Linux operating systems. This information is not relevant for you, because when you install the operating system itself, a swap file is created, which is used as RAM. Therefore, Linux users do not need to look for any program to turn a flash drive into RAM. Linux already uses memory very sparingly. And in which case there is always a swap file on the hedge.