>>I hadn't tried this before but I just plugged in a 4Gbyte USB stick and set it to be used as Readyboost and I must say Visual Studio loads and changes projects a hell of a lot faster. (This is on a laptop with 2G installed)
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>I forgot all about Readyboost. Glad to hear it worked well for you. I will have to try that soon. Do you know if it is possible to set it on multiple USB drives? I have several old ones around, and figured I might try to get some use out of them.

I believe you can use multiple readyboost drives but I haven't tried that. I've been using a 2GIG USB drive for readyboost on my laptop for over a year. It does help noticably.

Vista checks your USB drive to see if it is fast enough to use for readyboost. A lot of older USB drives fail and can not be used. Lots of newer drives indicate readyboost ready on the package. On older drives the only way to tell is to try them and see.