Hard disk constently accessed

Hi, I just finish to install vista beta 2. My hard disk are always accessed
neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any suggestion?

It's seam to be the searchindexer.exe that always write or read on the HDD.
Why?

"Pierre" wrote:

> Hi, I just finish to install vista beta 2. My hard disk are always accessed
> neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any suggestion?

I think mine may be the search indexer also. but I didnt have any problems
with it until I installed the free trial of CA antivirus for vista beta2
subscribers. Now, various windows frequently stop responding. Sometimes it
gets to the point i have to hard reset the computer to get back working again.

"Pierre" wrote:

> It's seam to be the searchindexer.exe that always write or read on the HDD.
> Why?
>
> "Pierre" wrote:
>
> > Hi, I just finish to install vista beta 2. My hard disk are always accessed
> > neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any suggestion?

Yep, same here Jason. I removed the free trial of CA antivirus, now no more
disk thrashing, window freezes or BSOD's.......

"Jason" wrote:

> I think mine may be the search indexer also. but I didnt have any problems
> with it until I installed the free trial of CA antivirus for vista beta2
> subscribers. Now, various windows frequently stop responding. Sometimes it
> gets to the point i have to hard reset the computer to get back working again.
>
> "Pierre" wrote:
>
> > It's seam to be the searchindexer.exe that always write or read on the HDD.
> > Why?
> >
> > "Pierre" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I just finish to install vista beta 2. My hard disk are always accessed
> > > neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any suggestion?

I also removed the CA virus protection went to microtrend it works fine
now...


Neil....



"Allygash" <Allygash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsCC5AF75-6C00-482E-A734-ABECAE2ADA12@microsoft.com...
> Yep, same here Jason. I removed the free trial of CA antivirus, now no
> more
> disk thrashing, window freezes or BSOD's.......
>
> "Jason" wrote:
>
>> I think mine may be the search indexer also. but I didnt have any
>> problems
>> with it until I installed the free trial of CA antivirus for vista beta2
>> subscribers. Now, various windows frequently stop responding. Sometimes
>> it
>> gets to the point i have to hard reset the computer to get back working
>> again.
>>
>> "Pierre" wrote:
>>
>> > It's seam to be the searchindexer.exe that always write or read on the
>> > HDD.
>> > Why?
>> >
>> > "Pierre" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi, I just finish to install vista beta 2. My hard disk are always
>> > > accessed
>> > > neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any suggestion?

I removed and reinstalled CA and now everthing is working fine.

David


"Neil" <neil@no.spam.taoclan.net.eh> wrote in message
news:3AF99DFE-DB87-4E32-A068-DE7809E8BECD@microsoft.com...
>I also removed the CA virus protection went to microtrend it works fine
>now...
>
>
> Neil....
>
>
>
> "Allygash" <Allygash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsCC5AF75-6C00-482E-A734-ABECAE2ADA12@microsoft.com...
>> Yep, same here Jason. I removed the free trial of CA antivirus, now no
>> more
>> disk thrashing, window freezes or BSOD's.......
>>
>> "Jason" wrote:
>>
>>> I think mine may be the search indexer also. but I didnt have any
>>> problems
>>> with it until I installed the free trial of CA antivirus for vista beta2
>>> subscribers. Now, various windows frequently stop responding.
>>> Sometimes it
>>> gets to the point i have to hard reset the computer to get back working
>>> again.
>>>
>>> "Pierre" wrote:
>>>
>>> > It's seam to be the searchindexer.exe that always write or read on the
>>> > HDD.
>>> > Why?
>>> >
>>> > "Pierre" wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Hi, I just finish to install vista beta 2. My hard disk are always
>>> > > accessed
>>> > > neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any suggestion?
>

I have just installed Vista Beta as well and have the same or very similar
problems with constant disk activity, I removed CA but no difference
initially, it does seem that indexer is taking from 14% upto 75% of my cpu. I
am running an AMD 2600 Athlon with 1GB ram and NVidia 128 graphics. Any one
notice how long it takes when a programme does not respond and task manager
is applied. So far today about 6 out of 8 hours have been spent waiting or
rebooting. However if Microsoft get all the bugs out the rest seems to be
great.


"Bk_St_Crawler" wrote:

> I removed and reinstalled CA and now everthing is working fine.
>
> David
>
>
> "Neil" <neil@no.spam.taoclan.net.eh> wrote in message
> news:3AF99DFE-DB87-4E32-A068-DE7809E8BECD@microsoft.com...
> >I also removed the CA virus protection went to microtrend it works fine
> >now...
> >
> >
> > Neil....
> >
> >
> >
> > "Allygash" <Allygash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > newsCC5AF75-6C00-482E-A734-ABECAE2ADA12@microsoft.com...
> >> Yep, same here Jason. I removed the free trial of CA antivirus, now no
> >> more
> >> disk thrashing, window freezes or BSOD's.......
> >>
> >> "Jason" wrote:
> >>
> >>> I think mine may be the search indexer also. but I didnt have any
> >>> problems
> >>> with it until I installed the free trial of CA antivirus for vista beta2
> >>> subscribers. Now, various windows frequently stop responding.
> >>> Sometimes it
> >>> gets to the point i have to hard reset the computer to get back working
> >>> again.
> >>>
> >>> "Pierre" wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > It's seam to be the searchindexer.exe that always write or read on the
> >>> > HDD.
> >>> > Why?
> >>> >
> >>> > "Pierre" wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > > Hi, I just finish to install vista beta 2. My hard disk are always
> >>> > > accessed
> >>> > > neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any suggestion?
> >
>
>

The hard disk activity is probably indexing going on.

--
Richard Hay
Windows Vista Build 5456 (x86)
Windows Live Butterfly
http://WindowsObserver.com

"Brian The Fish" <Brian The Fish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0AAAD882-B2CA-42A2-B518-0E708458374C@microsoft.com...
>
> I have just installed Vista Beta as well and have the same or very similar
> problems with constant disk activity, I removed CA but no difference
> initially, it does seem that indexer is taking from 14% upto 75% of my
> cpu. I
> am running an AMD 2600 Athlon with 1GB ram and NVidia 128 graphics. Any
> one
> notice how long it takes when a programme does not respond and task
> manager
> is applied. So far today about 6 out of 8 hours have been spent waiting or
> rebooting. However if Microsoft get all the bugs out the rest seems to be
> great.
>
>
> "Bk_St_Crawler" wrote:
>
>> I removed and reinstalled CA and now everthing is working fine.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> "Neil" <neil@no.spam.taoclan.net.eh> wrote in message
>> news:3AF99DFE-DB87-4E32-A068-DE7809E8BECD@microsoft.com...
>> >I also removed the CA virus protection went to microtrend it works fine
>> >now...
>> >
>> >
>> > Neil....
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Allygash" <Allygash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > newsCC5AF75-6C00-482E-A734-ABECAE2ADA12@microsoft.com...
>> >> Yep, same here Jason. I removed the free trial of CA antivirus, now no
>> >> more
>> >> disk thrashing, window freezes or BSOD's.......
>> >>
>> >> "Jason" wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I think mine may be the search indexer also. but I didnt have any
>> >>> problems
>> >>> with it until I installed the free trial of CA antivirus for vista
>> >>> beta2
>> >>> subscribers. Now, various windows frequently stop responding.
>> >>> Sometimes it
>> >>> gets to the point i have to hard reset the computer to get back
>> >>> working
>> >>> again.
>> >>>
>> >>> "Pierre" wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> > It's seam to be the searchindexer.exe that always write or read on
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > HDD.
>> >>> > Why?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > "Pierre" wrote:
>> >>> >
>> >>> > > Hi, I just finish to install vista beta 2. My hard disk are
>> >>> > > always
>> >>> > > accessed
>> >>> > > neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any suggestion?
>> >
>>
>>

I left it running over night for 9 hours, it was still indexing when I went
back. Any thoughts or comments?

"Richard Hay" wrote:

> The hard disk activity is probably indexing going on.
>
> --
> Richard Hay
> Windows Vista Build 5456 (x86)
> Windows Live Butterfly
> http://WindowsObserver.com
>
> "Brian The Fish" <Brian The Fish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0AAAD882-B2CA-42A2-B518-0E708458374C@microsoft.com...
> >
> > I have just installed Vista Beta as well and have the same or very similar
> > problems with constant disk activity, I removed CA but no difference
> > initially, it does seem that indexer is taking from 14% upto 75% of my
> > cpu. I
> > am running an AMD 2600 Athlon with 1GB ram and NVidia 128 graphics. Any
> > one
> > notice how long it takes when a programme does not respond and task
> > manager
> > is applied. So far today about 6 out of 8 hours have been spent waiting or
> > rebooting. However if Microsoft get all the bugs out the rest seems to be
> > great.
> >
> >
> > "Bk_St_Crawler" wrote:
> >
> >> I removed and reinstalled CA and now everthing is working fine.
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >>
> >> "Neil" <neil@no.spam.taoclan.net.eh> wrote in message
> >> news:3AF99DFE-DB87-4E32-A068-DE7809E8BECD@microsoft.com...
> >> >I also removed the CA virus protection went to microtrend it works fine
> >> >now...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Neil....
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Allygash" <Allygash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > newsCC5AF75-6C00-482E-A734-ABECAE2ADA12@microsoft.com...
> >> >> Yep, same here Jason. I removed the free trial of CA antivirus, now no
> >> >> more
> >> >> disk thrashing, window freezes or BSOD's.......
> >> >>
> >> >> "Jason" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> I think mine may be the search indexer also. but I didnt have any
> >> >>> problems
> >> >>> with it until I installed the free trial of CA antivirus for vista
> >> >>> beta2
> >> >>> subscribers. Now, various windows frequently stop responding.
> >> >>> Sometimes it
> >> >>> gets to the point i have to hard reset the computer to get back
> >> >>> working
> >> >>> again.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> "Pierre" wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> > It's seam to be the searchindexer.exe that always write or read on
> >> >>> > the
> >> >>> > HDD.
> >> >>> > Why?
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > "Pierre" wrote:
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > > Hi, I just finish to install vista beta 2. My hard disk are
> >> >>> > > always
> >> >>> > > accessed
> >> >>> > > neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any suggestion?
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>

It could be anything, really. The 8 hours you spent playing with it + the 9
hours you let it sit, lonely, in the corner is 17 hours. Now, unless you
really are Google, I would think that's enough time to index your computer,
so something else is going on there. The indexer is going to run, because
its an avid information freak and just can't wait to get its grubby little
bytes on anything new, so its always on the lookout. It especially loves
log files, for some reason. But I digress.

So, now we start looking for other culprits, like perhaps a beta video
driver that isn't quite holding up its end of the bargain, or maybe some
software not getting along, or, well, anything like that. Too bad your name
isn't Ian or that would have been a great Orwellian pun.

Also, while others may argue it out, I think you will find that while the
minimum specification with regard to RAM is 512MB to be "Vista Capable,"
let's assume for a moment that Microsoft meant you can run Vista Home Basic
with that set-up but every edition as you move up the ladder will require
more hardware resources to make it run. Here we are at Vista
Superfantasticultimate, so, my point to all that is, (and it's an opinion,
mind you) 1 GB of RAM may be near the low side for Ultimate. Now throw in
the debugging code and the fact that 5384.4 isn't exactly optimized for
speed, I would expect the system to churn a little.

For interest sake, on this computer right at this moment, I have roughly
900MB of RAM in play and the CPU usage is around 30%, with Outlook 2007, Win
Mail, Win Media Center streaming music and IE7 open, indexing is on and a
total of 61 processes running. I would consider this a normal situation for
this computer with a beta operating system.

--
Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...


"Brian The Fish" <BrianTheFish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6B0A90DD-3BF1-40FC-9DAD-A719A188149C@microsoft.com...
>I left it running over night for 9 hours, it was still indexing when I went
> back. Any thoughts or comments?
>
> "Richard Hay" wrote:
>
>> The hard disk activity is probably indexing going on.
>>
>> --
>> Richard Hay
>> Windows Vista Build 5456 (x86)
>> Windows Live Butterfly
>> http://WindowsObserver.com
>>
>> "Brian The Fish" <Brian The Fish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:0AAAD882-B2CA-42A2-B518-0E708458374C@microsoft.com...
>> >
>> > I have just installed Vista Beta as well and have the same or very
>> > similar
>> > problems with constant disk activity, I removed CA but no difference
>> > initially, it does seem that indexer is taking from 14% upto 75% of my
>> > cpu. I
>> > am running an AMD 2600 Athlon with 1GB ram and NVidia 128 graphics. Any
>> > one
>> > notice how long it takes when a programme does not respond and task
>> > manager
>> > is applied. So far today about 6 out of 8 hours have been spent waiting
>> > or
>> > rebooting. However if Microsoft get all the bugs out the rest seems to
>> > be
>> > great.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Bk_St_Crawler" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I removed and reinstalled CA and now everthing is working fine.
>> >>
>> >> David
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Neil" <neil@no.spam.taoclan.net.eh> wrote in message
>> >> news:3AF99DFE-DB87-4E32-A068-DE7809E8BECD@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I also removed the CA virus protection went to microtrend it works
>> >> >fine
>> >> >now...
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Neil....
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Allygash" <Allygash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> > newsCC5AF75-6C00-482E-A734-ABECAE2ADA12@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> Yep, same here Jason. I removed the free trial of CA antivirus, now
>> >> >> no
>> >> >> more
>> >> >> disk thrashing, window freezes or BSOD's.......
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Jason" wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> I think mine may be the search indexer also. but I didnt have any
>> >> >>> problems
>> >> >>> with it until I installed the free trial of CA antivirus for vista
>> >> >>> beta2
>> >> >>> subscribers. Now, various windows frequently stop responding.
>> >> >>> Sometimes it
>> >> >>> gets to the point i have to hard reset the computer to get back
>> >> >>> working
>> >> >>> again.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> "Pierre" wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> > It's seam to be the searchindexer.exe that always write or read
>> >> >>> > on
>> >> >>> > the
>> >> >>> > HDD.
>> >> >>> > Why?
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > "Pierre" wrote:
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > > Hi, I just finish to install vista beta 2. My hard disk are
>> >> >>> > > always
>> >> >>> > > accessed
>> >> >>> > > neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any
>> >> >>> > > suggestion?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>