ADSL can be slow as well. A 0.5Mbit/s connection assuming you're downloading at half the rated bandwidth, a little over 22 hours to download. I was downloading at 25-30Mbit/s or 25000Kbps-30000kbps in utorrent.
Does all large transfer through the WIFI disconnect your internet? Try direct downloading something that's around 500MB-1GB from microsoft and see if your connection stops responding.
No, eboostr 3 is a paid software. You can download the full featured trial if you want to try it out. It'll only work for the 1st 4 hour after you turn on your computer though. If you like it, you can buy it for $30. http://www.eboostr.com/ I use eboostr 3 and readyboost at the same time and...
Try formatting through commandline or through disk manager. BTW..using readyboost + eboostr 3 is like having an fast intel SSD in my netbook. Increased responsiveness by at least 100% (programs take half the time to load).
Hmm.. I think I sort of placed my boot fine on an SD card. I used my SD card as readyboost on an PCIE card reader (almost the same as intel turbo memory) thus possibly decreasing the boot time. If I consider my comptuer "fully booted" starting to count when windows *starts*, I can get it to...