eBoostr for Windows

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Developer’s Description

By CoGen Media (Canada)

Enable users to use an USB flash drive as another layer of performance-boosting cache.

The eBoostr application allows you to use an additional drive (flash memory or hard disk) or free RAM as another layer of performance-boosting cache. This is an alternative to ReadyBoost and SuperFetch technologies available on all Windows versions. With the newly developed eBoostr, the booting of your OS and applications start-up get much faster thanks to the smart caching mechanism.

eBoostr for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: June 27, 2012

Latest update: March 4, 2013

Version: 4.5

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 7
Windows 2003
Windows XP
Windows 10
Windows 2000
Windows Server
Windows Vista

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 173,076

Downloads Last Week: 3

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User Reviews

3.9/5

37 User Votes

Perfect for lower spec netbooks & notebooks out there!
Batchoy2February 15, 2013
Pros
No need to upgrade your current RAM unless an upgrade is cheaper.
Cons
8BG to 16GB thumb drive is needed.
Summary
Primarily helps to unload your hard disk from the tedious work load.
its working for me ON ASUS NETBOOK WITH 1 GB RAM.
lahavyanaiJanuary 25, 2013
Pros
25% discount ,Easy installation, easy configuration, just works :).
Cons
NONE THAT I CAN SEE.
Summary
At first I used readyboost, did not help at all, once I installed eboostr all started to work faster.
Saved my Acer Iconia W500 Tablet!
jjabarJanuary 14, 2012
Pros
Improved Dragon Naturally Speaking on my Acer Tablet.
Cons
Doesn't come with an RPM gauge.
Summary
I would not be using my tablet if it was not for this software. For the noobs that use USB drives, what do you expect? The slow USB drives have to be upgraded. I use a class 6 SDHC card but will go to class 10 ultra or the new UHS extreme cards.
6 STARS - Wow! What an improvement!
BigDaddyB27December 2, 2011
Pros
-Simple to install -Worked for me instantly after reboot (see summary) -Couldn't max it out with all my heavy apps -No more 'program not responding' and 'terminated unexpectedly' errors -No more N360 'high disk usage' warnings -No more heavy app closing lags -When memory should have been max'd, managed between apps much better w/o errors or crashing -Only app I've seen, ever, that does what it claims to do with speeding up system through managing ram and write disks -Recognized my $15 45/mbs SDHC card (ReadyBoost did not)
Cons
-Haven't really found one yet; yes it doesn't improve boot time, but I did not see anything claiming such and I really didn't expect it to since it has to load just like everything else, but did notice some improvement once you log on - did not take doc icons or sys tray icons to load near as long
Summary
Been pulling my hair out with my HP dv9500t laptop running Vista 32, max'd out ram at 4GB and was considering an expensive SSD harddrive(s) upgrade. My CPU specs are not min, but also not max. Not one 'fast PC' software took care of any problems as most are just virus and registry cleanup programs. Since it does not have a lot of options, only an idiot couldn't see that you can add any app to the acceleration list and not have to 'wait' for the program to learn your usage. So after reboot (do some of these reviewers also cry when win update makes them reboot?) I tested it out running several heavy resource usage apps... -Auto Cad 2009 with a complicated plan -5 Adobe programs from Master Collection 3 with highly intensive graphic files - Quick Books & Quicken - 2 PDF viewers loading 8MB+ PDFs -2 web pages, in Chrome & IE -Windows Media playing music -Picture Project by Nikon, which was having mem issues, now runs fine -Outlook 2007, 4 other MS Office apps (Outlook would virtually stop all other programs from running until it's IMAP syncing was complete) -dual monitors -Norton 360 & Norton Utilities 15 (360 background backup would bring my system to a crawl, but no longer) -2 font utility apps that used to load visuals of fonts reeeaaal slow, now working fine - & Turbo Tax Just running 3-5 of my heaviest apps would bring my system to a crawl if not freezing it completely. Needless to say I was squinting in anticipation of a real bad mem crash/lockup, but to my surprise I was able to switch between all apps without issue. Of course there were a few micro-seconds of delay, but no app crashed or hung! And I am using the trial version... By logic if I had a robust CPU setup I wouldn't really expect much of an improvement. But then why would I need a mem app?
only increased my system from 9.6 to 9.7
Popcie2May 17, 2011
Pros
easy to use easy install
Cons
took long time to get key
Summary
To me it was not worth the effort or expense
works better than a ssd drive.
r_duguayAugust 28, 2010
Pros
Works great with 2 sata raptors in raid o and system memory cache. Cache enabled acess speed 750 mb per second. Ratio 25.08. Very Fast!
Cons
Would be great if eboostr cached files only when idle or manual caching only.
Summary
Very practical and is grat for older computers as wll as new.
Works Great with time and the right Memory Stick
chrisleeukApril 22, 2010
Pros
Better than Readyboost. Version four does speed up machines, even higher spec machines with plenty of memory. Gains are higher on slower hardware especially machines with less memory or slow hard drives.
Cons
Cost for software and fast memory card may make this uneconomic. Gains are limited on higher end machines. Takes time to learn the most frequently used applications so gains are not immediate. Manual configuration of the product is required.
Summary
I've seen a lot of reviews for Eboostr indicating that it does not work. Surprisingly people often review it without actually trying the product. Eboostr does improve performance significantly over time so patience is required if you want to see a benefit. It took about a week using my laptop an hour a day before eboostr really showed its abilities. The laptop I'm running on has 4GB RAM but the hard drive performance is a little slow. Eboostr has made the machine feel more responsive. You need a decent speed memory card or USB stick to get the benefits which when adding the price of the software may make it more economic for you to add more memory to your machine or upgrade the hard drive. Eboostr requires a certain amount of manual tinkering to maximise the performance gains. This is done by excluding certain folders or file types. It seems logical to me that some of these optimisations should be included by default. My advice is to actually try the product. It worked very well for me.
An excellent program - if you use it correctly!!
ckevynApril 22, 2010
Pros
If configured properly this program will do exactly what it is supposed to do, and make a very impressive improvement in your machine's performance. It's working great on six machines!
Cons
It's not magical, and requires deliberate consideration and implementation. Like Readyboost, it's a stopgap measure for the drive bottlenecks that have become the limiting factor for most of us. When SSD's become ubiquitous, it will be obsolete.
Summary
Do not expect this product to make your computer behave as if it's running with a solid-state drive. If you actually have a solid-state drive,then you don't need this product...as the basic idea behind it is to gain for those of us unwilling to shell out hundreds of dollars on early-generation, high $$ per GB SSDs some of the same benefits. It is unlikely to speed your startup times, and in fact when you *first* launch any individual program after startup (e.g. Internet Explorer, OpenOffice) it may seem to take a few seconds longer than usual to initiate, as eBoostr moves files from your hard drive into your cache device(s) -- but after that is when you see the (sometimes simply amazing) benefits. Additional instances/tabs of IE or Firefox appear almost instantly. If you close one of these programs and reopen it later in the same windows session, it will just...appear, with no perceptible lag. If you locate critical system programs/services which are always running (for example, Windows Explorer) and configure eBoostr to cache them, you'll find that Windows itself is much more snappy and responsive. Overall, for me it has been very worth the money.
Easy, install and forget!!! READ THIS BEFORE POST
gomlum79April 21, 2010
Pros
Make great improve perfomance of most used programs, faster change between running programs without buying more RAM to you pc. If you dont want to buy more RAM to your PC this is an option. Clean uninstall.
Cons
Not boosted the win start and close win, indeed takes about 20 segs more Request that you have a fast pendrive hopefully enhanced for high speed read and offcourse usb 2.0 or later Its a trial program.
Summary
First at all, you should read how the programs work to understand that its not a magic program, i mean you have to put what to boost if not will take severals days of normal work to auto set up. And offcourse if you put a pendrive with less than 15 Mb/s its worthless and obviusly with usb 2.0 or higher!!! Well, first you have to add the memory selected (pendrive or free mem of RAM, the most faster) and add the ammount of mem to asign, then you have to drag the programs that you want to be boosted (the first time that you run the selected programs isnt be boosted becouse load and save the data to the mem) but you will notice that with several programs at the same time switch between them faster and when you run it again then youll see how fast it is. Just for tell you Firefox 3.6.3 (with 8 add ons; 4 personas) with boost take 14 segs to be ready and with boost takes only 5 segs, nod32 run faster (not in the scan) to open the program just 1 seg boosted, and Comodo firewall not slow any more my pc, internet explorer takes 2 seg. My pendrive its a kingstone mini slim 10Mb/s write and 20 Mb/s read of 4 Gb with 18Mb/s of acces speed. So now you know what you need to work, now you can take your option. I hope i was clear with the info and help you to make a good test. Win Vista home premium 1 Gb RAM, 1,8 Ghz
Totally useless
ssergeev9April 20, 2010
Pros
none found
Cons
Speed improvement is next to nothing. I configured eBoostr to use a fast thumbdrive (~30mb/sec random read) and built the cache, and it shown 3% speed improvement when I measured some heavy apps launch speed.
Summary
Don't bother, it's not worth it