What ho,

I have a Dell dimension 9200 with XP Pro. Although the computer will handle 64 bit, it will not handle more than 4 gb of RAM, so there is next to no point in upgrading my software and OS.

However, I have been reading that I can use a USB thumb-drive to increase the RAM. Am thinking of buying a 32 gb USB3 drive although the computer only has USB2 sockets.

For most use, I probably don't need the extra RAM but I do a lot of photo processing with about 100mb files and I'm hoping that increasing the RAM with a USB will speed things up.

As an example, I have been timing a 99mb file that I have applied four filters from Nik Colour Effects Pro. Hit the OK button and it takes almost 2 minutes before the layer becomes available in Photoshop. Would a 32 gb thumb-drive, configured in virtual memory, speed things up?

Thanks

Toodle Pip,

Rex