G
Guest
Since I installed Vista (32-bit) I seem to have continuous, 24/7 HDD
activity. Does anyone know what process might be causing this?
activity. Does anyone know what process might be causing this?
J
Jimmy Brush
Hello,
This is most likely caused by the Search Indexer, which is indexing the
files on your computer so that when you do a search they will show up
extremely fast. Depending on how many files you have, this could take a
while.
To see what the search indexer is up to and to change its settings, you can
go to Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Indexing Option.
- JB
This is most likely caused by the Search Indexer, which is indexing the
files on your computer so that when you do a search they will show up
extremely fast. Depending on how many files you have, this could take a
while.
To see what the search indexer is up to and to change its settings, you can
go to Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Indexing Option.
- JB
G
Guest
This is most likely caused by the Search Indexer, which is indexing the
Okay, I'll give that a try--as soon as I can figure out how to switch back
from "classic" view of the Control Panel.
files on your computer so that when you do a search they will show up
extremely fast. Depending on how many files you have, this could take a
while.
To see what the search indexer is up to and to change its settings, you can
go to Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Indexing Option.
Okay, I'll give that a try--as soon as I can figure out how to switch back
from "classic" view of the Control Panel.
J
Jimmy Brush
It is listed as just plain Indexing Options in classic view.
- JB
- JB
G
Guest
Okay, just checked and all my files are already indexed. HD is still going
like crazy--at least the activity light is going nuts.
Kerry
like crazy--at least the activity light is going nuts.
Kerry
J
Jimmy Brush
OK ... The next most likely cause is the automatic background disk
defragmentation.
- Right-click an empty part of your taskbar and click Task Manager
- Click on Image Name to sort by name
- See if you see "Defrag.exe" running
If it is, that's probably the culprit
- JB
defragmentation.
- Right-click an empty part of your taskbar and click Task Manager
- Click on Image Name to sort by name
- See if you see "Defrag.exe" running
If it is, that's probably the culprit
- JB
G
Guest
Okay, checked that too but defrag isn't running.
Kerry
Kerry
J
Jimmy Brush
Well, I'm out of easy solutions. lol.
OK ... *cracks knuckles* ...
- Open Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools
- Double-click Performance Diagnostic Console
- Click the down-arrow next to the header that says "disk"
- Click the Write (B/min) header until it sorts it from biggest to smallest
Keep an eye on that sucker every now and then and see if you notice a
pattern of a certain program always being in the top. Ignore System, as he's
always writing stuff to internal log files.
- JB
OK ... *cracks knuckles* ...
- Open Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools
- Double-click Performance Diagnostic Console
- Click the down-arrow next to the header that says "disk"
- Click the Write (B/min) header until it sorts it from biggest to smallest
Keep an eye on that sucker every now and then and see if you notice a
pattern of a certain program always being in the top. Ignore System, as he's
always writing stuff to internal log files.
- JB
G
Guest
I have a thought about this HD constantly running issue, Mine also is
experiencing the same thing, IF you think about it for a minute the Clock on
the desktop is constantly updating itself and may be the culprit. Therefor I
removed mine for a few minutes and the HD activity went away and when I
re-enabled it it started running again. This may not be the case for everyone
since this is a Beta version, but it worked for me.
experiencing the same thing, IF you think about it for a minute the Clock on
the desktop is constantly updating itself and may be the culprit. Therefor I
removed mine for a few minutes and the HD activity went away and when I
re-enabled it it started running again. This may not be the case for everyone
since this is a Beta version, but it worked for me.
G
Guest
I have the same concern on my system. I will try some of this stuff when I
get home tonight.
get home tonight.
G
Guest
Well, I'm out of easy solutions. lol.
This is too funny! I read your post--"OK... *cracks knuckles*..."--and then
HDD activity dropped off. Currently, HDD activity is what you'd expect--a
flicker here and there as you'd expect from the system as it normally runs.
Next time I have a problem I'll first try cracking my knuckles and they I'll
contact you to have you crack your knuckles.
Kerry
This is too funny! I read your post--"OK... *cracks knuckles*..."--and then
HDD activity dropped off. Currently, HDD activity is what you'd expect--a
flicker here and there as you'd expect from the system as it normally runs.
Next time I have a problem I'll first try cracking my knuckles and they I'll
contact you to have you crack your knuckles.
Kerry
J
Jimmy Brush
lol
- JB
- JB
G
Guest
Ok, I am also having this issue. there are some good thoughts here and I will
try a few of the ideas presented. If it does turn out to be the clock, that
is going to suck because that is one of my favoriite features of Vista.
Hopefully that will be fixed in the next release.
try a few of the ideas presented. If it does turn out to be the clock, that
is going to suck because that is one of my favoriite features of Vista.
Hopefully that will be fixed in the next release.
G
Guest
I never thought of the knuckle cracking thing. I'll try that first as it
seems the easiest. lol
seems the easiest. lol
G
Guest
Ok, when I got home tonight I cracked my knuckles and booted into Vista, and
guess what, no more abnormal hard drive activity. Actually what I think
happened was that Vista was defragging the hard drive after the install. The
defrag now shows finished and my hard drive activity is now aceptable. One
note. I went to the options page for the disk defragger and changed it to
only run once a month, and only at 2am. Hopefully I'll never run up against
it again.
guess what, no more abnormal hard drive activity. Actually what I think
happened was that Vista was defragging the hard drive after the install. The
defrag now shows finished and my hard drive activity is now aceptable. One
note. I went to the options page for the disk defragger and changed it to
only run once a month, and only at 2am. Hopefully I'll never run up against
it again.
G
Guest
Despite all nice ideas in here I just want to bring something up that could
cause this behaviour.
RAM.
If your memory is full, Windows will start paging inactive areas of the RAM
onto the harddrive to free up some space in the ram modules, thus creating a
lot of harddrive activity. I know that Vista got 8 times more (yes 8 times!)
RAM requirement than it's predecessor Windows XP (min. 64mb), but 512 mb
should still be enough to run Vista smoothly and without paging from what
I've heard...
Well, just wanted to bring it up, you never know
.
cause this behaviour.
RAM.
If your memory is full, Windows will start paging inactive areas of the RAM
onto the harddrive to free up some space in the ram modules, thus creating a
lot of harddrive activity. I know that Vista got 8 times more (yes 8 times!)
RAM requirement than it's predecessor Windows XP (min. 64mb), but 512 mb
should still be enough to run Vista smoothly and without paging from what
I've heard...
Well, just wanted to bring it up, you never know
.