Vist Hard Drive Activity

ACK wrote:
> I turn Windows Defender off so seriously how do I get this thing to stop
> running all the time. I can't help but think it is going to wear out.

2Gb of RAM really helps and get a Core2 DUO or Athon 64x2 proc. I
finally have a system that runs good but the hardware specs are out of
sight.

Steve, I have the same thing on my Vista Home Prem. machine. It should slow
down after a week or so but mine is a month old and still does it. Your right
it does not affect sys prefromance and I don't have a problem with putting a
new primary drive every 6 months even. It's the hassle you have after
replacing the drive getting Vista re-activated that gets me PO'ed.

-Sid

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Sid
"The force be with you"


"Steve Thackery" wrote:

> Chill, it's just doing it's thing. Indexing mostly, but also Superfetch,
> startup optimisation and defragging at various times.
>
> It'll get much better after a week or so when everything has settled down.
> Meanwhile, the indexing runs at the lowest I/O and CPU priorities, so
> shouldn't slow down your work.
>
> Steve
>
>
>

Frank, I too have the same problem with the HD activity is just too much at
IDLE.
I know that low sys. res. can casue this but like some of the other posts
here I'm running a Gigabyte Mobo AMD 4400+ w/ 4gb RAM SATA HD ....basically
the fastest machine I have had since DOS 3.0. I cut the indexing service off
and it slowed it down. I know that sometimes the size of the system.dat file
on sys in the past would get so large that it looked as if it would cause
that problem but this is just too much.
I can live with the HD replacement every once in a while, it's just the
Hassle of re-activating the OS. I have an OEM version of Vista Home Prem. and
with OEM you get no support, phone support that is.
Any other suggestions?
Sid
"The force be with you"


"ACK" wrote:

> I turn Windows Defender off so seriously how do I get this thing to stop
> running all the time. I can't help but think it is going to wear out.
> --
> ACK
>
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
>
> > "ACK" <ACK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F8561BEA-7B98-4D8A-91D1-26BD3E934694@microsoft.com...
> > > Seriously foks my machine has been running now for almost an hour. By the
> > > way why all the updates. I seem to get one or two a day?
> >
> >
> > Windows Defender updates quite often.
> >
> > --
> > Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> > Do not send mail.
> >

How old is the machine? Could it be defragging in the background?

"Sid" <Sid@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ADA4664E-CFEF-4BA7-AF42-E76E264B2083@microsoft.com...
> Frank, I too have the same problem with the HD activity is just too much
> at
> IDLE.
> I know that low sys. res. can casue this but like some of the other posts
> here I'm running a Gigabyte Mobo AMD 4400+ w/ 4gb RAM SATA HD
> ....basically
> the fastest machine I have had since DOS 3.0. I cut the indexing service
> off
> and it slowed it down. I know that sometimes the size of the system.dat
> file
> on sys in the past would get so large that it looked as if it would cause
> that problem but this is just too much.
> I can live with the HD replacement every once in a while, it's just the
> Hassle of re-activating the OS. I have an OEM version of Vista Home Prem.
> and
> with OEM you get no support, phone support that is.
> Any other suggestions?
> Sid
> "The force be with you"
>
>
> "ACK" wrote:
>
>> I turn Windows Defender off so seriously how do I get this thing to stop
>> running all the time. I can't help but think it is going to wear out.
>> --
>> ACK
>>
>>
>> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
>>
>> > "ACK" <ACK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:F8561BEA-7B98-4D8A-91D1-26BD3E934694@microsoft.com...
>> > > Seriously foks my machine has been running now for almost an hour.
>> > > By the
>> > > way why all the updates. I seem to get one or two a day?
>> >
>> >
>> > Windows Defender updates quite often.

"Sid" <Sid@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A2FBF794-E3A2-4C7A-B1B0-3C6868541475@microsoft.com...
> Steve, I have the same thing on my Vista Home Prem. machine. It should
> slow
> down after a week or so but mine is a month old and still does it. Your
> right
> it does not affect sys prefromance and I don't have a problem with putting
> a
> new primary drive every 6 months even. It's the hassle you have after
> replacing the drive getting Vista re-activated that gets me PO'ed.

Why would you have to replace your disk every 6 months?

For those who are getting this usually high hard drive activity I feel your
pain.

I own a brand new HP Pavillion Laptop DV6000 series and getting this same
thing. Its annoying, and I dont agree with the fact that it is speeding up
the system. In fact, it slows the whole system right down.

With the HDD constantly loading in the background, these are many bad things
about it:

1. Fan is constantly on.
2. system responsiveness is slow.
3. Long waiting time during boot up.
4. Unusable desktop for a few min after reboot.
5. Hot laptop all the time due to constant hard drive activities.

Please someone provide us with a solution....

Sammy

"Sid" wrote:

> Frank, I too have the same problem with the HD activity is just too much at
> IDLE.
> I know that low sys. res. can casue this but like some of the other posts
> here I'm running a Gigabyte Mobo AMD 4400+ w/ 4gb RAM SATA HD ....basically
> the fastest machine I have had since DOS 3.0. I cut the indexing service off
> and it slowed it down. I know that sometimes the size of the system.dat file
> on sys in the past would get so large that it looked as if it would cause
> that problem but this is just too much.
> I can live with the HD replacement every once in a while, it's just the
> Hassle of re-activating the OS. I have an OEM version of Vista Home Prem. and
> with OEM you get no support, phone support that is.
> Any other suggestions?
> Sid
> "The force be with you"
>
>
> "ACK" wrote:
>
> > I turn Windows Defender off so seriously how do I get this thing to stop
> > running all the time. I can't help but think it is going to wear out.
> > --
> > ACK
> >
> >
> > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
> >
> > > "ACK" <ACK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:F8561BEA-7B98-4D8A-91D1-26BD3E934694@microsoft.com...
> > > > Seriously foks my machine has been running now for almost an hour. By the
> > > > way why all the updates. I seem to get one or two a day?
> > >
> > >
> > > Windows Defender updates quite often.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> > > Do not send mail.
> > >

Get rid of Norton and use AVG instead. Norton just takes up excess RAM
and CPU time.


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Yes you can stop it indexing your hard disc if you're not bothered about fast
search, it bugged the hell out of me too for two reasons, 1, the noise, 2,
because I run software that requires the computers full resources and don't
want bloody vista taking up all my processing and hard disc resources to do
things I DON'T require or want.

Microsoft should make vista ask you how you want vista to handle search, not
just impose indexing as a default.

To stop the indexing go to Start and in the input box at the bottom type:
services.msc and it will bring up a window with a list of services that run
on your computer in the background, find the service called Windows Search,
right click on the item and then under the General tab select disabled from
the Startup Type drop-down box, also to stop the service immediately click
Stop under the Service status section.

Another background service that may be causing undue hard disc activity is
Superfetch, this service loads a tonne of programs into the computers memory
just 'in-case' you 'might' want to use them, again taking up valuable system
resources and causing the hard disc to go crazy at system startup, to disable
it follow the same steps as above.

I would point out that be careful if you decide to disable any other
services apart from the ones I have mentioned because you could stop a
critical system process and stop your computer working properly.

I found that with my computer it was system restore that was using the hard
drive constantly. Now that I turned that off my drive light will stay off for
more than 10 seconds at a time.

"Jon" wrote:

> Yes you can stop it indexing your hard disc if you're not bothered about fast
> search, it bugged the hell out of me too for two reasons, 1, the noise, 2,
> because I run software that requires the computers full resources and don't
> want bloody vista taking up all my processing and hard disc resources to do
> things I DON'T require or want.
>
> Microsoft should make vista ask you how you want vista to handle search, not
> just impose indexing as a default.
>
> To stop the indexing go to Start and in the input box at the bottom type:
> services.msc and it will bring up a window with a list of services that run
> on your computer in the background, find the service called Windows Search,
> right click on the item and then under the General tab select disabled from
> the Startup Type drop-down box, also to stop the service immediately click
> Stop under the Service status section.
>
> Another background service that may be causing undue hard disc activity is
> Superfetch, this service loads a tonne of programs into the computers memory
> just 'in-case' you 'might' want to use them, again taking up valuable system
> resources and causing the hard disc to go crazy at system startup, to disable
> it follow the same steps as above.
>
> I would point out that be careful if you decide to disable any other
> services apart from the ones I have mentioned because you could stop a
> critical system process and stop your computer working properly.