exFAT File System for ReadyBoost in Windows 7

ReadyBoost for Windows 7 could prevent computer problems such as slowing down on old computers!

Did you recently upgrade your old computer to Windows 7? Does it seem to run slower then you hoped?

Since your computer is a bit old it could be using an old type of ram! And just because its old it doesn't mean its cheap! As a matter of fact its probably expensive to buy old ram since its a bit outdated and hard to find!

Why not use ReadyBoost for Windows 7 to Speed up your Computer using a blank USB(flash cards)! You can ReadyBoost Windows 7 by formatting an empty USB flash disk and then you right click on the drive go into properties and select ReadyBoost tab and you decider how much space you want to use to help performance

Using ReadyBoost is a great idea because its a very fast, and easy task! 

This task literally designed for USB(flash cards) drives so there is no reason not to use it! Doing this will feel like you just upgraded the memory of your computer without opening the computer case and adding more ram!

But you know what else I recommend, using the exFAT file system when you format your USB flash cause its extremely fast and stable compare to FAT, FAT16, FAT32 and/or NTFS file systems!

exFAT for Windows XP

I respect the exFAT file system so much that I personnaly nicknamed it "DA Extremely Fast File System"

In the Honorable, Long Lasting and Reliable Windows XP, exFAT is available for update download and instalation!

I have formatted all of my USB Flash cards into the exFAT file system cause I know that all the operating systems from XP and above will understand it!

One of my friends has XP and when I plugged in my USB (exFAT formatted) it poped up and it said that I should format my USB! In order to use exFAT for Windows XP all I had to do was download an exFAT update(KB955704) from microsoft!

Although exFAT is designed for USB(removable disks), I risk using it on my second internal Hard Disk for all my web browsing(Temporary Internet Files) and downloads!

Install the following update in order to add support for the exFAT file system format on your computer using Windows XP!

If you are using Microsoft Windows XP Home, Proffesional and/or Media Center and if you like to take advantage of the latest less fragmenting and faster files system exFAT you'll need to download a specific Update for Windows (KB955704) from Microsoft!

This file system is mainly designed for usb flash drives,digital camera memory cards and other external devices in order to transfer files between computers and the devices.

And it's even mainly designed to support over 32GB drives since the old FAT or FAT32 file systems couldn't!

But I tried as personal technical experiment and formated some of my partitions on my computer since they are over 80GB drives as an exFAT file system rather then FAT32 or NTFS using the Command Prompt!

example Command Prompt: FORMAT D: /FS:exFAT /Q and press ENTER

And all I have to tell you is that When the drives used be formated as an NTFS File System my downloads would slow down tremendusly even after the 80GB partitions get to be only 10% full! And they would very quickly be fragmented!

But When I formated them as an exFAT file System, then even when I made the drives over 80% full my downloads still continue to download at a very fast speed as if my drives are still empty at the speed of 1mbps rather the the old and slow 90-230kbps when it was formated as an NTFS!

Format as exFAT file system!

Formatting a drive (a partition) into the latest exFAT file system can be little tricky but its really quite easy at the same time!

Even though Microsoft has enabled the new latest exFAT file system in Windows Vista it hasn't enabled it yet to be in the FORMAT Menu as a choice of a file system you like to format it in!

That means we'll have to be little techy using Command Prompt (a.k.a. DOS)

So after you decided what drive you like to format into the latest exFAT file system then I recommend that you go to "Computer" folder to verify the drive letter(D:\, E:\, F:\ or etc...), because if you format the wrong drive you might lose valuable data! Keep the "Computer" folder open it might become Handy Later

in my case it was drive letter E:\ so lets pretend that yours is E:\ as well for now!

1. Click the Start Button(Windows Logo) and type in the empty search box CMD

2. When Windows finds CMD right click over it with the mouse and select "Run as Administrator", If you've setup password then you type it out and press "Yes"

NOTE: Step Two is critical because in my video I have already disabled "User Account Control Access" that's why you don't see me right clicking the command prompt to run it as Administrator!

3. When Command Prompt opens then type FORMAT E: /FS:exFAT /Q and press Enter

NOTE: Notice that /FS stands for File System that's why we specify it with exFAT! /Q stands for Quick Format which I normally don't recommend but I did it because I wanted the video to be quick and easy for my viewers. Nothing Bad will happen if you do a quick format but it simply means that it doesn't really delete the files but it breaks the addresses of the location files and folders on the drive and it allows them to be overwritten! that's why when you check the drive after quick format it looks empty even though its not when you use recovery tools like RECUVA to recover formatted drives!

4. Remember when I recommended to keep the "Computer" folder Open because now you can Verify how your Formatting Drive is currently labeled. In my case it was Labeled DOWNLOADING! Type the Label Name of the drive you like to format and press ENTER!

5. Warning all Data on Removable Disk(if usb connected)/Non Removable Disk(internal hard disk) DRIVE E: WILL BE LOST! Proceed with Format (Y/N)?

Type Y as in Yes and Press Enter

6. Volume Label (11 Characters, ENTER for none)?

This Simply suggests a New Label that you would like to name your new formatted drive, just type it out and press ENTER! If you dont want to name the drive then leave it blank and press ENTER and YOU ARE DONE!

If you are still in the command prompt you can close it out by typing EXIT once and PRESS ENTER.