Many of the programs in the system uses lots of memory during operations. The processing speed of a system depends on RAM. For those systems which has low RAM this will be a nightmare. So to solve this problem use your pendrive or USB as a RAM.

Using pendrive as a RAM increases the system performance. It is not a difficult process you can easily do this with the help of the following simple steps.

First insert your pendrive (minimum 2GB recommended).

Format your pendrive.

Steps For Windows XP

• Right click on “My Computer” and go to “properties”.
• Now click on ‘Advance tab’.
• Click on the ‘settings’ of performance.
• Now the performance options appear. Go to ‘Advance tab’.
• Click on ‘change’ option of virtual memory.

• Select your pen drive.
• Click on ‘custom size’ which is a radio button. It displays the initial and maximum size of the pen drive.
• Click on ‘set’ button.
• Click ‘OK’ to complete the setup. 

Finally you had to restart your PC.

Steps For Windows 8 and 7

• Plug in your Pen drive.

• Format it.

• Right click on the pen drive icon.

• Select ‘properties’.

• Select ‘Ready boost’.

• Click “use this device”.

• Now select the maximum space that  RAM can give to the computer.

• Click ‘ok’ and ‘apply’.

This is how you can use your USB as RAM. This results in the improvement in performance of your PC.

Also Read : Convert USB Flash Drive From FAT32 To NTFS

Extra Tip:

There is a software called Eboostr which uses the hidden RAM in your computer. You can configure more than 4 pen drives with this software.

If you know any other software or any other method to use pendrive as a ram let us know through comments