

Write test: winsat disk write ran ransize 524288 drive f (this one takes a few min, the size is mesured in bytes) Read test: winsat disk read ran ransize 4096 drive f (f is the drive letter without colon) You can get your flash drive's speed score using the following commands in vista while running the command prompt AS ADMINISTRATOR: The key requirement a flash drive must meet is described in Tom Archers blog as "2.5MB/sec throughput for 4K random reads and 1.75MB/sec throughput for 512K random writes" Key FAQ's can be found Tom Archer's Blog:Īnd in Jim Allchin's Vista team site posting: (Not to be confused with ReadyDrive, which involves hybrid hard drives.) It is the use of a fast flash drive for improving small random I/O. ReadyBoost is a feature of Vista and promises great performance improvements. Hopefully we can gradually document a list of compatible flash drives.

Do you have a Flash drive that you have tested on Windows Vista RTM (v6000 ONLY)? If so please document your experience here including the model of flash drive.
