Dangerous procedure
May 21 2008, 2:45 AM EDT
| Post edited: May 21 2008, 2:45 AM EDT
Unlike ReadyBoost, which allows you to remove the flash drive at any time without causing any errors, this procedure allows Windows XP to page out *active program data* to the flash drive, which means that sudden removal of the flash drive will likely cause a system crash or BSOD.
Furthermore, flash media have a fixed number of write cycles that ReadyBoost attempts to take into consideration. XP will not take this into consideration, and the heavy disk activity from paging operations may wear out the flash media sooner.
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