Turn a USB Flash Drive into Extra Virtual RAM For old slow computer.
You Need :
High-speed USB flash drive. (4Gb or more will be best)
Computer with an available USB port.
windows xp or higher os.
To Convert USB Flash Drive into Extra Virtual RAM
1 ) Insert the USB flash drive directly into an available USB port in your computer.
2 ) Format the USB flash drive you want to use as Virtual RAM. (to know how to format click here )
3 ) Wait for format to finish, restart system.
4 ) Right-click on your "My Computer" icon and select the "Properties" option.
5 ) Select the "Advanced" tab and click on the "Settings" option under the "Performance" tab.
6 ) Select the "Advanced" tab again and push the "Change" button under the virtual memory settings. 7 ) Choose your flash drive letter, select the tab for "System Managed Size" and push the "Set" button.
8 ) Click "Ok" to save your changes and exit the program.
9 ) When Windows asks you to reboot your computer, click "Yes."
How to format USB Flash Drive.Formatting a USB Flash drive is same as formatting any other drive.if you know few things ...
You can Format your USB Flash Drive with following way...Note : All your data in USB Flash Drive will lost if you format your USB Flash Drive, Please take backup all your USB Flash Drive data before format.
To Format USB Flash Drive with windows.
1 ) Plugin USB Flash Drive.
2 ) Go to "My Computer", right click on plugged USB Flash Drive.
3 ) Right-click USB Flash Drive icon and select "Format…" from the Popup menu.
4 ) To Format USB Flash Drive select best option for youafter reading following information in open form.
File System to select:
Option you will see as selection -
in Windows 7/Vista you will have FAT, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT
in Windows 98 you will have FAT, FAT32
If your USB Flash Drive Size is larger than 32 GB select FAT, FAT32 for other select NTFS
Allocation Unit Size to select:
the smaller allocation size you use, the less USB Flash Drive space that will go to waste.(but USB Flash Drive will run a little slower) or vice-versa...
Volume Label to select:
The volume label simply is the name of the drive, you can name what ever you want.
NTFS: maximum 32 characters, with uppercase and lowercase
FAT: maximum 11 characters, all uppercase Click here to Read more »
