usb ram?

is there a program that can take memory in a usb port and use it for ram memory . that would be a real cheap way to increase. your memory. now it sees it as a drive but could it be made to see it as ram?

 

using ready boost for windows vista
You can use memory from a flash drive in vista using what is known as ready boost you can read more about it by clicking on the link I included

 

i have xp but that was good info.

 

I would love to see about something like that myself.
Be a good use for several 4-8GB thumbdrives just lying around.

 

I used to use one when I had only 1GB, and it did help, though not dramatically. Once I added another 1GB it ceased to have any noticeable effect.

It doesn't act as additional RAM as it isn't synchronized with the memory bus, it's more like a huge cache - slower than RAM but much quicker than reading from disk.

 

Here's the story on Readyboost from the horse's mouth -

http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx