how can i make my memory key into somthing to add RAM?

Question

i know its possible bc i read how they had a pc that could do it... but maby it was runing linux or whatever

Answer 1

One very cool feature of Windows Vista – especially for machines not natively equipped with the kind of horsepower to fully enjoy the rich visuals of Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon) applications is ReadyBoost. ReadyBoost enables you to plug a USB key into your machine and have Windows Vista use it as memory. I hadn’t actually used this myself, but had heard of it long ago. When a reader emailed me asking if this was an urban legend, I decided to check it out for myself and was very impressed with how easy and seamless the process is

Answer 2

No can do.
It's on a totally different communication line than your PC RAM.

Neither Windows nor your BIOS will ever accept is as computer memory.

Yes ... Vista's " ReadyBoost " will add to performance by using the memory key, but in no way is this memory as efficient as true RAM ... it's just "memory cache" ... faster than the hard drive but NOT true RAM.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/performance.mspx

regards,
Philip T