#6 How to use Pen Drive as RAM

Hello friends, today I am showing you how to use pen drive as ram.

Nowadays, many programs take lots of memory during operation, which is a nightmare for low RAM systems. So to avoid this, make your pen drive/USB of large size as RAM, which will allow your system to handle more operations and tasks. To know how to do this, follow the steps below.

Step 1: Delete all the stuff on your pen drive. Insert it and let the PC read it (minimum 2 GB)

Step 2: Right click on My Computer.

• Click on Properties from context menu

Step 3: Click on the Advanced tab.

Step 4: Click on Settings under Performance.

Step 5:  Click on the Advanced tab.

Step 6: Click on the Change button under Virtual memory.

Step 7: Select your USB drive.

Step 8: Click on custom size radio button and give the values as follows :

Initial Size:1020

Maximum size: 1020

The size depends upon your free memory capacity of your pen drive. So you can change this limit according to your pen drive size.

Step 9: Click the Set button, then click on OK.

Step 10: Restart the computer with pen drive inserted. The speed of your computer will be increased. 

Tips

• You must be logged in as Administrator to do this task.

 

• If you are using Windows 7, start by doing steps 1 and 2, but then a different window will pop up. Click "Advanced system settings" on the sidebar and continue the steps.  

Warnings

• It may significantly shorten the life of the USB. Normal flash drives have limited numbers of writes. For normal usage, it takes a long time for the writes to run out. However, if used as RAM where millions of transfers are done every minute, the life of the drive may be significantly shortened.

 

• Do not remove the USB. It'll crash your system. However, simply plugging the USB back in and rebooting will fix the crash.