After minimizing a paused game to the taskbar, continuous writing-to-disk
occurs. Why is that happening and how do i stop the continuous
writing-to-disk?

Hello,

It is most probably due to low RAM. If you hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc, you will see
the Task Manager.

Under Performance tab, your Available RAM is most likely under 100000 hence
Windows XP is using your hard disk as RAM which results in the continuous
writing-to-disk event. Games take up lots of RAM when they run.

To work around this, increase your RAM of your PC by bringing it to a
qualified PC technician. You can also perform the upgrade yourself if you
have done PC upgrades before.

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"b11_" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5EDDAC54-2F57-42ED-99E2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> After minimizing a paused game to the taskbar, continuous writing-to-disk
> occurs. Why is that happening and how do i stop the continuous
> writing-to-disk?

The game was not running. It was "paused".

I have 1.5 gigs of installed memory.
_____________________________________________________________
"SingaporeWebDesign" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> It is most probably due to low RAM. If you hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc, you will see
> the Task Manager.
>
> Under Performance tab, your Available RAM is most likely under 100000 hence
> Windows XP is using your hard disk as RAM which results in the continuous
> writing-to-disk event. Games take up lots of RAM when they run.
>
> To work around this, increase your RAM of your PC by bringing it to a
> qualified PC technician. You can also perform the upgrade yourself if you
> have done PC upgrades before.
>
> --
> Singapore Web Design
> http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
> Singapore Web Hosting
> http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html
> Windows XP FAQ
>
> "b11_" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:5EDDAC54-2F57-42ED-99E2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > After minimizing a paused game to the taskbar, continuous writing-to-disk
> > occurs. Why is that happening and how do i stop the continuous
> > writing-to-disk?
>
>
>

"b11_" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> After minimizing a paused game to the taskbar, continuous writing-to-disk
> occurs. Why is that happening and how do i stop the continuous
> writing-to-disk?


Download filemon from Microsoft and run it to see what files are being
accessed. Go from there.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...k/Filemon.mspx

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Have you tried asking the program vendor? Perhaps it's saving it's "game
state".

b11_ wrote:

> After minimizing a paused game to the taskbar, continuous writing-to-disk
> occurs. Why is that happening and how do i stop the continuous
> writing-to-disk?

If I intentionally minimize a "paused" game to the task bar, I am certainly
not doing a "save".
_________________________________________________________________
"Bob I" wrote:

> Have you tried asking the program vendor? Perhaps it's saving it's "game
> state".
>
> b11_ wrote:
>
> > After minimizing a paused game to the taskbar, continuous writing-to-disk
> > occurs. Why is that happening and how do i stop the continuous
> > writing-to-disk?
>
>

I think perhaps you should read again what I typed.

b11_ wrote:

> If I intentionally minimize a "paused" game to the task bar, I am certainly
> not doing a "save".
> _________________________________________________________________
> "Bob I" wrote:
>
>
>>Have you tried asking the program vendor? Perhaps it's saving it's "game
>>state".
>>
>>b11_ wrote:
>>
>>
>>>After minimizing a paused game to the taskbar, continuous writing-to-disk
>>>occurs. Why is that happening and how do i stop the continuous
>>>writing-to-disk?
>>
>>