How to make memory from a flash drive, and what is it for?

In some not very new computers there is a severe shortage of RAM. Moreover, it is often impossible to add another bar of RAM in general, due to the lack of free slots. Many have to contrive in every possible way, disabling the "unnecessary" services of the operating system. After this, as a rule, the operating system works even worse.

Is it impossible to increase the amount of RAM in other ways? Can. And with the usual flash drive. About how to make a flash memory, and will be discussed in this article.

What is it for and why?

This is necessary for more comfortable work at the computer. But if you are satisfied with persistent 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 that use the Android OS. How to make a flash memory for Android, we also tell.

Now about the ways. For OS Windows, there is a special technology, sewn into the system itself, which allows you to make a memory from the drive. It's called Ready Boost. In Android, too, there is something similar, but there for this you need to use some programs. And the flash drive should be a standard micro SD. And the faster, the better. However, let's move on to practice.

RAM from a USB flash drive in XP

Let's start with the old "hryusha", because it is where problems arise. By default, XP does not support Ready Boost, but with the help of some "crutches" and "dances with tambourines" you can get the "pig" to turn the flash drive into RAM.

So, how to make a flash memory in Windows XP? The answer is slightly lower. Let's move on to action. In fact, it's not possible to launch Ready Boost in XP, so let's turn to the third-party software:

1. To get started, you need to download the eBoostr program. Better with the official site.
2. Then install this utility, without changing anything, and run. After the launch, she will settle in the system tray.
3. Click on the icon to see the program settings.
4. Click on the name of the connected flash drive, tick the "Use to write a cache" option and save the settings.

After that, the flash drive will be used as an operative. A special increase in performance should not be expected. Still, it's XP, and this function is not for her. Let's proceed to the next item of the story about how to make a flash memory from a USB flash drive.

Ready Boost in Windows 7 and later

To turn a flash drive into main memory in the seventh version of "Windows" appeared technology Ready Boost. It uses the attached media as a swap file. And since the speed of reading from a USB drive (especially 3.0) is several times higher than that of a conventional HDD, the increase in power and speed is impressive.

So, how to make a flash memory in Windows 7? Very simple. For this, one does not even need to study any additional literature. Everything is done with the help of Windows system features:

1. To start, we insert the flash drive, right-click on its name and select "Properties".
2. In the window that appears, select the Ready Boost tab and check the box "Use this device for Ready Boost".
3. After that, click "Ok".
4. After caching, we reboot the PC and enjoy the increased performance.

The same algorithm of action for operating systems versions 8.1 and 10. There are only some differences in the interfaces of these versions of the OS. But there are no special problems with this.

Memory from USB flash drive to Android

In the case of the Android mobile operating system, everything is a bit more complicated. In order to know how to make a flash memory on mobile devices, you need to shovel a lot of information exactly on your device. But the general algorithm of action has not been canceled yet.

First, you need to have a root-rights device. Without this, nothing happens. In some models of devices to install an application that will turn a USB flash drive into RAM, you will need to use the recovery. For by any other means this utility can not be installed on individual devices.

Install the necessary programs on Android

Next, you need to download and install a special program like Apps2SD. It helps you 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 in order for the changes to take effect. After that part of the flash drive will be used as RAM.

This is relevant for devices with a catastrophic lack of the latter. However, note that if you for some reason remove the USB flash drive from the device, then all your applications will be dead. Have to re-install them. So you have 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 a flash memory from XP on XP, although it does not seem to have this option in this operating system.

Warning for owners of PCs and laptops with operating systems of the Linux family. This information is irrelevant for you, since when you install the operating system itself, a paging file is created, which is used as RAM. Therefore, "linuksoids" do not need to look for any program to turn a flash drive into RAM. Linux and so consume memory very sparingly. And in which case there is always a swap file on the security.