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Old December 3rd, 2008, 12:32 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Can a flash drive be used as virtual memory?
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Old December 3rd, 2008, 07:17 AM     #2 (permalink)
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Yes but it'll slow your system down since flash drives read/write slower then internal drives.

Vista on the other hand has a new function called ReadyBoost that will boost the system a little bit if you only have 1 or 2 gigs of ram.
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