{"id":5160,"date":"2020-06-08T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2020-06-08T07:16:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T11:16:57","slug":"is-windows-readyboost-worthwhile-in-win10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/08\/is-windows-readyboost-worthwhile-in-win10\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Windows&#8217; &#8216;ReadyBoost&#8217; worthwhile in Win10?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>ReadyBoost<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;is a storage technology available in Windows 10 that lets you enhance PC performance by using ordinary USB flash drives as fast disk caches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"128\" data-attachment-id=\"5167\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/08\/is-windows-readyboost-worthwhile-in-win10\/readyboost\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/readyboost.jpg?fit=381%2C128&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"381,128\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"readyboost\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/readyboost.jpg?fit=381%2C128&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/readyboost.jpg?resize=381%2C128\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/readyboost.jpg?w=381&amp;ssl=1 381w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/readyboost.jpg?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Debuting in Vista, ReadyBoost was once cutting-edge technology. 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