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Monitoring ReadyBoost on Windows 7

I purchased a Kingston DataTraveller 400 (4GB) to try out ReadyBoost on my Dev workstation. My initial impression is that it has visibly improved application launch time (Visual Studio 2008 was definitely faster – but YMMV). Out of curiosity I had to see how Windows 7 could monitor ReadyBoost performance.

Below are the step-by-step instructions for monitoring it via Performance Monitor using the Windows 7 Beta build.

 

STEPS

Launch the Control Panel from the start menu

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Click All Control Panel Items

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Click Performance Information and Tools

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Click Advanced Tools

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Click Open Performance Monitor

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Click Performance Monitor

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Click the Green PLUS sign

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The Add Counters dialog appears

Select ReadyBoost Cache

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Click Add

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Now “ReadyBoost Cache” will appear on the right.

Click OK

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And now Performance Monitor shows ReadyBoost data

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FASTER WAYS OF LAUNCHING PERFORMANCE MONITOR

You can always search for “Performance Monitor” directly …

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Or if you’ve enabled Administrative Tools from the Start Menu …

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Published Saturday, May 02, 2009 10:42 AM by saveenr

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Saturday, May 02, 2009 2:52 PM by Monitoring ReadyBoost on Windows 7 | Microsoft Share Point

# re: Monitoring ReadyBoost on Windows 7

Hey thanks alot, This has helped me alot THANKS

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:23 AM by Cody

# re: Monitoring ReadyBoost on Windows 7

Nice! I was wondering about RB on W7. Now that I upgraded to W7 build 7600.16385, I am really liking W7 a lot.

Saturday, August 01, 2009 11:34 PM by Michael McShane

# re: Monitoring ReadyBoost on Windows 7

I love that multiple devices can be assigned in Win 7 to readyboost. However, I could not help but notice that your experience rating mentions only a 3.0 rating for your hard drive. While I do notice a difference while using Readyboost, I wonder if your experience will still hold if you had a quicker HD.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:58 AM by Minnaar

# re: Monitoring ReadyBoost on Windows 7

There's a nice ReadyBoost Monitor progam that can be found at http://jasonkneen.blogspot.com/2009/02/readyboost-monitor-tool.html

This works great on Windows 7.

Friday, October 30, 2009 7:32 AM by Marc M

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