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    Constant Hard Drive Access

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Acorn, Jan 10, 2008.

  1. Acorn

    Acorn Notebook Evangelist

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    Any suggestions on tuning down the hard drive access? such as a specific program...Thanks in advance.
     
    Acorn, Jan 10, 2008
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  2. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Er, how do you mean? If a program wants to access the harddrive, it accesses the harddrive. The only way to prevent that is to pause the program. (or shut it down completely)
     
    Jalf, Jan 10, 2008
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  3. hardcorp

    hardcorp Notebook Consultant

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    Turn off indexing......I presume your using Vista....
     
    hardcorp, Jan 10, 2008
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  4. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    You can shut down the system.
     
    coolguy, Jan 10, 2008
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  5. Acorn

    Acorn Notebook Evangelist

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    i tried using process monitor but each time i try to open it i end up with the error message not enough memory or something (i have way more than enough).
     
    Acorn, Jan 10, 2008
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  6. PhoenixFx

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    Yes, Disable “Windows Search” service.
     
    PhoenixFx, Jan 11, 2008
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  7. surfasb

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    Turn off indexing. Or just let it run overnight
     
    surfasb, Jan 11, 2008
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