My Windows Experience Index incorrectly accesses my harddrive

carwiz said:

Also.... :)

I didn't mean for the suggestion to use ReadyBoost as a cure or fix. I simply meant that it MIGHT improve HDD response. However; I don't see any improvement showing up in a WEI score or HDD test since the test file(s) won't be in the cache. It could be just by perception. I just think it's worth a cheap try if you have a thumbdrive or two handy.

Readyboost is an anachronism - it shouldn't be part of our vocabulary anymore. It really does only help performance with RAM less than about a Gigabyte where the RAM itself doesn't have space to cache. There aren't many of those dinosaurs around.

Could be but it's going to be in Windows 8 too.

That doesn't change my opinion RAM will always be a faster program cache, SSDs are or will be mainstream and will always be faster than jump-drive flash: Readyboost = anachronism.

Windows 8 isn't out yet either

carwiz said:

In any case, I guess we'll continue to disagree so I'm done.

There isn't anything to disagree about. Those are facts I posted, from the very inception of Readyboost, and you decided to start twisting my words (yes, you did...it's right there in print).

I enjoy, rather love, a healthy debate, but as soon as someone starts playing games, the fun and purpose of the debate is lost. My goal here is to make sure people have factual information in front of them. I offered that you test the theory out on your own, but you would rather just claim my posted facts are false. To each his own.

GeneO said:

It really does only help performance with RAM less than about a Gigabyte where the RAM itself doesn't have space to cache.

Thank you. That was my point from the beginning, that Readyboost had no place in this thread as a solution because it isn't relevant.

Now that the thread is back on track, we can continue with our regularly scheduled programming.