How to enable Readyboost that is disabled in error

If you want to cite technical articles, cite them properly.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-performance/readyboost-in-windows-8/b4c0e0b6-aa62-4dca-964e-e5893a381163  In this setup, the primary disk is SSD. No beef there.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff356869.aspx “Since ReadyBoost will not provide a performance gain when the primary disk is an SSD, Windows 7 disables ReadyBoost when reading from an SSD drive.”  All true. I have two desktops running Readyboost off non-system, internal SATA SSDs. Whether you, retired IBM techie, think that this is a productive thing to do or not (I have seen benefits), it is an open option.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx  Now, you're citing an old article about the Vista version of Readyboost, which talks about how things worked before SSDs really came in to the picture. No mention at all about SSD.

Seriously, don't bother advising if you want to pass your opinion off as fact and smoke people out with your condescension when someone asks you to substantiate them. Read my first post and free free to sign out, please.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/6080a292-6d67-4ed8-b099-24e12c92dc58/readyboost?forum=w7itprohardware  Commenting on using small SSD as a Readyboost cache, Ketan Thakker of Microsoft had this to say:

[The limit of 32GB] is not customizable and is correctly documented at 32GB for Windows 7. The value was chosen as there was no performance increase seen by using a larger size. While you could partition the SSD into multiple 32GB partitions and create a cache on each of them, we do not expect any additional improvements from doing so.

Insulting those trying to help you will not bring anybody to this thread.

I cited Microsoft's ReadyBoost article for Windows 7 and ealier. You have the message straight from Windows 8 that when an SSD is fitted, ReadyBoost is ignored.

Go to here for answers.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home

but don't be surprised if they are no different from what you have already been told.

BTW, you are not the first to ask this..

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-performance/readyboost-in-windows-8/b4c0e0b6-aa62-4dca-964e-e5893a381163

This is what TechNet Magazine has to say..

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff356869.aspx

And this blog contains an FAQ by Matt Ayers, a Microsoft Program Manager

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx

And this was not anybody's opinion. It was and is Windows 8 FACT..

"This device cannot be used for ReadyBoost.

ReadyBoost is not enabled because this computer is fast enough that ReadyBoost is unlikely to provide additional benefit."

This retired IBM techie is signing out.. Good luck

Did you even bother to cite a tech note or read the tech notes that I have cited?

Thanks for your opinions anyway.

Anyone who wants to take a shot at a workaround or a debug please step up to the plate.

Why are you comparing what old  Windows 7 does against what new Windows 8 does?

Applies to Windows 7.. (not Windows 8)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/readyboost

Do you have a tech note or actual information that Readyboost is designed to shut off ifany SSD is installed internally? Because the tech notes I have referred to only say this happens when the SSD is the system disk.

Yes, I do and so do you..

"This device cannot be used for ReadyBoost.

ReadyBoost is not enabled because this computer is fast enough that ReadyBoost is unlikely to provide additional benefit."

Windows 8 is more intelligent than Windows 7, and if there are enough resources installed, RAM, drive types and speeds etc, it does NOT offer ReadyBoost.

In fact, I have two Windows 7 desktop systems running Readyboost off small internal SSD (system disk is HDD). Both are connected on SATA, in their usual order.

What a waste of two perfectly good SSD drives. The failing is in Windows 7, not Windows 8. Windows 7 will set almost anything up for ReadyBoost.. I have multiple flash drives, all of which Windows 7 sees as candidates for ReadyBoost.. I have a Lenovo laptop running 8gb RAM and a fast HDD and still Windows 7 is willing to set up a mediocre USB drive for ReadyBoost, a complete waste of a USB port and a USB flashdrive.

"mSATA drives are marketed as cache boosters". Where exactly did you get this piece of information? Is this the case for all mSATA drives? How is this relevant to getting Readyboost to work?

Supercache..

http://www.mydigitalssd.com/msata-ssd.php

"Note that ReadyBoost is not active when booting and can't speed up boot times. It only improves cache access when the system is up and running and Windows or the application in use needs cache access." What is the basis of this saying? Tech note? Sysinternals? Experiments?

ReadyBoost is a Windows function. Until you have logged into Windows, the ONLY drive from which the system takes instruction is the BOOT drive. Windows does not give a hoot as to what is on any other drive. and does not, cannot use cache memory to boot.. 

Why ReadyBoost is not really required..

http://www.howtogeek.com/123780/htg-explains-is-readyboost-worth-using/

Seriously, you need to lose your fixation with a function which was originally designed to help poorly specified computers cope with Vista.

I have given you good advice on how best to utilize your mSATA drive which would get you better performance than ever ReadyBoost could offer. You can choose to ignore it and continue believing thinking that Windows 8 has a bug if that is what you want.