Best file system format for ReadyBoost
For using ReadyBoost which one is the best file system format. I am using FAT on USB drive. I found that using NTFS will offer more better performance. Other than this there are FAT32 and exFAT also. Among this which one is the best that will work. I have a 4GB drive which I will like to optimize for readyboost. But before that making a suitable partition will be more better. I am also having a external usb hard drive. It can help me to gain more performance.
re: Best file system format for ReadyBoost
I am using FAT32 and it looks fine. You can go for NTFS but that will restrict the usable of bootable usb. I keep FAT32 because I use it sometime for Linux. I can boot directly from usb. The bios can only read the usb drive if it is FAT or FAT32. NTFS is not supported. This is essential for data recovery sometime. And if you are not having any of those work then you can go with NTFS formatting.
re: Best file system format for ReadyBoost
I have a 1GB RAM system which has Vista. I am using my 4GB USB on ReadyBoost. IT is a FAT32 drive. It works fine. A bit performance is improved when I insert the usb. It is not much better, but acceptable. Your office application will load faster, you can surf more tabs, data copy process is faster, etc. But if you are doing that for gaming then it is waste of time. The system performs better if the overall hardware is good. That means your ram, cpu and other stuff. It just does not depend on the virtual memory.
re: Best file system format for ReadyBoost
It is recommended that you must not modify the file system a regularly. It cause damage to the usb. Use a single format and stick with that. Like FAT32 is one of the most common file system which is readable by many system. NTFS is new, and will take time to get common. Many usb drives comes with additional support to boost the performance. They came with integrated chip that does the job. While many other are regular.
re: Best file system format for ReadyBoost
Does ReadyBoost is updated. There are different edition of Vista available. And I think each of them are having different edition of Readyboost also. The updated one might offer you to get a much better performance and output. What if I go with a 8GB RAM. Will make the difference. Like 4GB if ReadyBoost utilize 1GB RAM then does in 8GB it will take 2GB atleast. Are there any option available by which I can tweak ReadyBoost settings.