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    Vista woes... what gives?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hypdotspec, May 19, 2007.

  1. hypdotspec

    hypdotspec Notebook Evangelist

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    So I just got my Asus F3T a few days ago, and I'm pretty happy with it, except for the fact that some process is making my hard drive work nearly 100% of the time....

    All I have open is Firefox with rmclock in the tray....


    i'm getting a little concerned :-/
     
    hypdotspec, May 19, 2007
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Vista could be doing file indexing, which should reduce once everything is indexed. You could try turning off indexing. This can be done under the power plan customisation (and should be set to happen when running on battery - does the HDD activity reduce when running on battery?).

    What processes does Task Manager show are using up all the CPU time?

    You can find out more about what is using your HDD with these SysInternals utilities.

    John

    PS: Or is something continuously writing a log file? Check the RMClock monitoring window and make sure you have not selected Log Monitoring Data.
     
    John Ratsey, May 19, 2007
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  3. hypdotspec

    hypdotspec Notebook Evangelist

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    well I turned off indexing and that seems to have solved my problem :)

    thanks
     
    hypdotspec, May 19, 2007
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  4. DrewN

    DrewN Notebook Evangelist

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    Just a small comment -- eventually after your files are indexed that HDD activity will go down to zero (with relation to the indexing at least). It might be worth it to let Vista finish its indexing in case you need it in the future.

    That is, if you perform a lot of searches on your files.
     
    DrewN, May 19, 2007
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  5. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Give it around a week. All should be well by then.
     
    System64, May 20, 2007
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