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Dave
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      2nd May 2007
Hi

All of the sudden my hard drives (raid) just keep running. Using
Sysinternals filemon all the activity is coming from the C:\System
Volume Information folder. I ended the cisvc.exe process and all is
well except the cisvc.exe process needs to run!

Any ideas what's going on?

Dave
 
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Nobody
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      2nd May 2007
Indexing service to speed up file searching.
You can turn it off if you want to.

Go to my computer and right click on the (NTFS) drives. Click properties and uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching" in the General tab. Repeat for all your (NTFS) drives
http://www.computing.net/windowsnt/w...rum/22319.html

http://lifehacker.com/software/optim...-xp-031440.php

HTH,
"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> All of the sudden my hard drives (raid) just keep running. Using
> Sysinternals filemon all the activity is coming from the C:\System
> Volume Information folder. I ended the cisvc.exe process and all is
> well except the cisvc.exe process needs to run!
>
> Any ideas what's going on?
>
> Dave

 
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Dave
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      2nd May 2007
Thanks, but I'd rather keep the indexing service running. My problem
is that the hard drives keep "grinding" 24 hrs a day, the only time
they stop is when I'm using it. If I try to shut down in "standby" I
can here the drives stop, then they spin right back up again.
I've been using this machine for a long time now and this just
recently started,

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Dave

On Wed, 2 May 2007 03:41:37 -0700, "Nobody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Indexing service to speed up file searching.
>You can turn it off if you want to.
>
>Go to my computer and right click on the (NTFS) drives. Click properties and uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching" in the General tab. Repeat for all your (NTFS) drives
>http://www.computing.net/windowsnt/w...rum/22319.html
>
>http://lifehacker.com/software/optim...-xp-031440.php
>
>HTH,
>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi
>>
>> All of the sudden my hard drives (raid) just keep running. Using
>> Sysinternals filemon all the activity is coming from the C:\System
>> Volume Information folder. I ended the cisvc.exe process and all is
>> well except the cisvc.exe process needs to run!
>>
>> Any ideas what's going on?
>>
>> Dave


 
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R. McCarty
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      2nd May 2007
What's the fragmentation condition of the disk? - Even with Indexing
and System Restore the drive shouldn't exhibit the level of activity you
describe.

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks, but I'd rather keep the indexing service running. My problem
> is that the hard drives keep "grinding" 24 hrs a day, the only time
> they stop is when I'm using it. If I try to shut down in "standby" I
> can here the drives stop, then they spin right back up again.
> I've been using this machine for a long time now and this just
> recently started,
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
> On Wed, 2 May 2007 03:41:37 -0700, "Nobody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Indexing service to speed up file searching.
>>You can turn it off if you want to.
>>
>>Go to my computer and right click on the (NTFS) drives. Click properties
>>and uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file
>>searching" in the General tab. Repeat for all your (NTFS) drives
>>http://www.computing.net/windowsnt/w...rum/22319.html
>>
>>http://lifehacker.com/software/optim...-xp-031440.php
>>
>>HTH,
>>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> All of the sudden my hard drives (raid) just keep running. Using
>>> Sysinternals filemon all the activity is coming from the C:\System
>>> Volume Information folder. I ended the cisvc.exe process and all is
>>> well except the cisvc.exe process needs to run!
>>>
>>> Any ideas what's going on?
>>>
>>> Dave

>



 
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Nobody
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      2nd May 2007
Does it stop when you cease indexing service?
If it does, then indexing is what is happening.
If it does not, then it is something else.


"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks, but I'd rather keep the indexing service running. My problem
> is that the hard drives keep "grinding" 24 hrs a day, the only time
> they stop is when I'm using it. If I try to shut down in "standby" I
> can here the drives stop, then they spin right back up again.
> I've been using this machine for a long time now and this just
> recently started,
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
> On Wed, 2 May 2007 03:41:37 -0700, "Nobody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Indexing service to speed up file searching.
>>You can turn it off if you want to.
>>
>>Go to my computer and right click on the (NTFS) drives. Click properties and uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching" in the General tab. Repeat for all your (NTFS) drives
>>http://www.computing.net/windowsnt/w...rum/22319.html
>>
>>http://lifehacker.com/software/optim...-xp-031440.php
>>
>>HTH,
>>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> All of the sudden my hard drives (raid) just keep running. Using
>>> Sysinternals filemon all the activity is coming from the C:\System
>>> Volume Information folder. I ended the cisvc.exe process and all is
>>> well except the cisvc.exe process needs to run!
>>>
>>> Any ideas what's going on?
>>>
>>> Dave

>

 
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Jack Doyle
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      2nd May 2007
Dave,

Take a look at FileMon from SysInternals
(http://urlx.org/microsoft.com/d7f78) and see if it sheds some light on
what may be happening. It should show you, in real time, any file
system activity. You can also determine which process is accessing the
file system.

--

Jack Doyle, Systems Engineer
ScriptLogic Corporation
http://www.scriptlogic.com
 
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Dave
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      3rd May 2007
Hi

I did defrag the drives and actually they wern't in bad shape.

I stopped the indexing service, took forever to go thru all the files,
but still didn't fix the problem.

I have been using filemon for a long time.
From a clean boot, watching filemon, the cisvc.exe service went thru
all the files and seem to get stuck in the c:\system volume
information\catalog wci folder. Most of the activity was on a file
that was not in that folder, but the request varied from WRITE, FLUSH,
DELETE, SET INFORMATION, OPEN, CREATE. I can end the cisvc.exe process
and all is normal.

Any ideas....
Thanks

Dave





On Wed, 02 May 2007 17:55:46 -0400, Dave <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Thanks, but I'd rather keep the indexing service running. My problem
>is that the hard drives keep "grinding" 24 hrs a day, the only time
>they stop is when I'm using it. If I try to shut down in "standby" I
>can here the drives stop, then they spin right back up again.
>I've been using this machine for a long time now and this just
>recently started,
>
>Any other ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>Dave
>
>On Wed, 2 May 2007 03:41:37 -0700, "Nobody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Indexing service to speed up file searching.
>>You can turn it off if you want to.
>>
>>Go to my computer and right click on the (NTFS) drives. Click properties and uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching" in the General tab. Repeat for all your (NTFS) drives
>>http://www.computing.net/windowsnt/w...rum/22319.html
>>
>>http://lifehacker.com/software/optim...-xp-031440.php
>>
>>HTH,
>>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> All of the sudden my hard drives (raid) just keep running. Using
>>> Sysinternals filemon all the activity is coming from the C:\System
>>> Volume Information folder. I ended the cisvc.exe process and all is
>>> well except the cisvc.exe process needs to run!
>>>
>>> Any ideas what's going on?
>>>
>>> Dave


 
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Nobody
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      4th May 2007
Dave,

That is the Indexing Services File.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/209304

Backup and Recovery Guildelines for Index Server Catalog
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247093

HTH,
"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I did defrag the drives and actually they wern't in bad shape.
>
> I stopped the indexing service, took forever to go thru all the files,
> but still didn't fix the problem.
>
> I have been using filemon for a long time.
> From a clean boot, watching filemon, the cisvc.exe service went thru
> all the files and seem to get stuck in the c:\system volume
> information\catalog wci folder. Most of the activity was on a file
> that was not in that folder, but the request varied from WRITE, FLUSH,
> DELETE, SET INFORMATION, OPEN, CREATE. I can end the cisvc.exe process
> and all is normal.
>
> Any ideas....
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 02 May 2007 17:55:46 -0400, Dave <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>Thanks, but I'd rather keep the indexing service running. My problem
>>is that the hard drives keep "grinding" 24 hrs a day, the only time
>>they stop is when I'm using it. If I try to shut down in "standby" I
>>can here the drives stop, then they spin right back up again.
>>I've been using this machine for a long time now and this just
>>recently started,
>>
>>Any other ideas?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>On Wed, 2 May 2007 03:41:37 -0700, "Nobody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>Indexing service to speed up file searching.
>>>You can turn it off if you want to.
>>>
>>>Go to my computer and right click on the (NTFS) drives. Click properties and uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching" in the General tab. Repeat for all your (NTFS) drives
>>>http://www.computing.net/windowsnt/w...rum/22319.html
>>>
>>>http://lifehacker.com/software/optim...-xp-031440.php
>>>
>>>HTH,
>>>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> All of the sudden my hard drives (raid) just keep running. Using
>>>> Sysinternals filemon all the activity is coming from the C:\System
>>>> Volume Information folder. I ended the cisvc.exe process and all is
>>>> well except the cisvc.exe process needs to run!
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas what's going on?
>>>>
>>>> Dave

>

 
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Dave
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      5th May 2007
Fantastic...

That was the problem, all is "quiet" now.

Thanks

Dave

On Thu, 3 May 2007 23:36:23 -0700, "Nobody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Dave,
>
>That is the Indexing Services File.
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/209304
>
>Backup and Recovery Guildelines for Index Server Catalog
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247093
>
>HTH,
>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi
>>
>> I did defrag the drives and actually they wern't in bad shape.
>>
>> I stopped the indexing service, took forever to go thru all the files,
>> but still didn't fix the problem.
>>
>> I have been using filemon for a long time.
>> From a clean boot, watching filemon, the cisvc.exe service went thru
>> all the files and seem to get stuck in the c:\system volume
>> information\catalog wci folder. Most of the activity was on a file
>> that was not in that folder, but the request varied from WRITE, FLUSH,
>> DELETE, SET INFORMATION, OPEN, CREATE. I can end the cisvc.exe process
>> and all is normal.
>>
>> Any ideas....
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 02 May 2007 17:55:46 -0400, Dave <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks, but I'd rather keep the indexing service running. My problem
>>>is that the hard drives keep "grinding" 24 hrs a day, the only time
>>>they stop is when I'm using it. If I try to shut down in "standby" I
>>>can here the drives stop, then they spin right back up again.
>>>I've been using this machine for a long time now and this just
>>>recently started,
>>>
>>>Any other ideas?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Dave
>>>
>>>On Wed, 2 May 2007 03:41:37 -0700, "Nobody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Indexing service to speed up file searching.
>>>>You can turn it off if you want to.
>>>>
>>>>Go to my computer and right click on the (NTFS) drives. Click properties and uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching" in the General tab. Repeat for all your (NTFS) drives
>>>>http://www.computing.net/windowsnt/w...rum/22319.html
>>>>
>>>>http://lifehacker.com/software/optim...-xp-031440.php
>>>>
>>>>HTH,
>>>>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> All of the sudden my hard drives (raid) just keep running. Using
>>>>> Sysinternals filemon all the activity is coming from the C:\System
>>>>> Volume Information folder. I ended the cisvc.exe process and all is
>>>>> well except the cisvc.exe process needs to run!
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas what's going on?
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave

>>


 
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