Step 5: In Performance Options window, switch to Advanced tab and click Change in Virtual memory section. Step 4: When you get the System Properties window, click Settings in Performance section under Advanced tab. Click Advanced system settings from the left pane. Step 3: You will get the Control Panel window. Step 2: Right-click This PC icon on the Desktop and choose Properties. Step 1: Insert your USB flash drive to your Windows 10 PC. So, using USB as Virtual RAM is a good method to improve computer performance. It works automatically and can be up to 4 times of the physical memory on your computer.
Virtual RAM, also known as Virtual Memory or Paging file, is a built-in function of your Windows. If you want to save files larger than 4GB on this drive, you need to format your USB to NTFS file system.
Note: You cannot store a single file that is larger than 4 GB in a USB drive formatted as FAT32.