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Pendrives and ReadyBoost

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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I will buy new pendrives, but I would really like to learn what I am doing wrong. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]As some of you already know, my computer is currently being repaired. In the meantime, I use a very cheap laptop with 4 Gb of RAM. It works fine. I use pendrives (one pendrive at a time) for ReadyBoost, to increase the memory-power. It works very well. But, occasionally, the pendrives behave oddly. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]For example, in Windows Explore>>>>This Pc, the icon shows that the pendrive is almost completely full. Which is weird. I know for sure that ReadyBoost had taken only half of the pendrive's space. I have nothing else on the pendrive. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Also, the thick line that shows how empty/full the pendrive is, is red—instead of the usual blue. I guess the colour red indicates some sort of problem with the pendrive. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To sort the problem, I tried various methods. Without success. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]If I try to format the pendrive, it tells me:[/FONT]


“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This drive is in use. Another program or process is using this drive. Do you want to format it anyway??” [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I click on “Yes” but I get nowhere, because it says:[/FONT]


“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Windows cannot format this drive. Quit any disk utilities or any other programs that are using this drive, and make sure that no window is displaying the contents of the drive. Then try formatting again.” [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Despite all my efforts, I cannot find any disk utility, or program, using the drive. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Just to see what happens, I then right-click the pendrive, I click on “Open”, and I see the pendrive's ReadyBoost File. If I try to delete the ReadyBoost File, it says [/FONT]


“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This action cannot be completed because the file is open in System. Close the file and try again.” [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I have no idea where, in “System”, the file is actually located. I tried and tried, but I'm not able to find it. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]So, I close the file, I try again to delete the ReadyBoost File, without success. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Sometimes, when I insert the pendrive, I get the option “Do you want to scan and fix the removable disk??”[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I click on “Scan & Fix (Recommended)” [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Then, when I click on “Repair Drive” the computer says[/FONT]


“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Windows cannot repair the drive while it's in use.” [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]In use where??[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]As I wrote above, I will buy new pendrives, but I would really like to know what I am doing wrong. [/FONT]
 
Nice reply above ^^.

Beginner-At said:
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]For example, in Windows Explore>>>>This Pc, the icon shows that the pendrive is almost completely full. Which is weird. I know for sure that ReadyBoost had taken only half of the pendrive's space. I have nothing else on the pendrive. [/FONT]
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The red line shows the drive is almost full, greater than 90% full. This is expected since (I believe) ReadyBoost is designed to use the whole USB drive.
 
Beginner-At said:
“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This drive is in use. Another program or process is using this drive. Do you want to format it anyway??” [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I click on “Yes” but I get nowhere, because it says:[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]In use where??[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]As I wrote above, I will buy new pendrives, but I would really like to know what I am doing wrong. [/FONT]
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I think you must disable ReadyBoost first before Windows will allow you to reformat the flash drive.
 
Hi, My name is Alex

The problem is that in win7 the Readyshare program is running all the time. So to disable Readyshare goto Start menu, computer, Right click the drive, Properties, Readyshare, Then uncheck The box that enables Readyshare. You would have done the same thing to enable Readyshare on the Drive.




Hope this solves your problem, If you have any questons email me at pnggameing@gmail.com.
 
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I had followed all your helpful suggestions. After hours and hours of attempts, I gave up. Then, I don't know how, ReadyBoost “unblocked” itself. So I was able to format those pendrives. I wish I knew what actually unblocked ReadyBoost. Everything seems to be working fine, so far. Thank you very much guys, for your help. [/FONT]
 
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