This issue may have pre-existed my upgrade from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate but
I don't remember encountering it.

Every once in a while my PC will just pause. Nothing seems to be going on
at all. Then after 5-10 seconds I will hear what sounds like a hard drive
spinning up. Then the machine will continue running at the normal
performance level.

I have two hard drives. Is there a setting that causes one or more of them
to spin down if not being used?

Thanks in advance,

Howard

Yes. Right Click on your desk top. Then click Personalize/Screen
Saver/Change power settings/Change Plan Settings/Change advanced power
settings/Hard Disk.
"Howard Woodard" wrote:

> This issue may have pre-existed my upgrade from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate but
> I don't remember encountering it.
>
> Every once in a while my PC will just pause. Nothing seems to be going on
> at all. Then after 5-10 seconds I will hear what sounds like a hard drive
> spinning up. Then the machine will continue running at the normal
> performance level.
>
> I have two hard drives. Is there a setting that causes one or more of them
> to spin down if not being used?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Howard
>