Harddisk load with Vista ?!?

My Vista PC is accessing the HD all the time - sometimes once every
second and sometimes more continuesly. Have tried to figure out what
could be the problem, but haven't been able to - any idea (I'm new to Vista)

Thanks
Ole

Ole wrote:
> My Vista PC is accessing the HD all the time - sometimes once every
> second and sometimes more continuesly. Have tried to figure out what
> could be the problem, but haven't been able to - any idea (I'm new to
> Vista)
>
> Thanks
> Ole

It's probably indexing. Does it impact on performance?

Ole,

It sounds like your computer is using pagefiles to boost your memory. That
would be a symptom of insufficient RAM. Open taskmanager (right click the
taskbar and select taskmanager). Click the performance tab. If the
physical memory is consistently high, you probably need more RAM.


"Ole" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My Vista PC is accessing the HD all the time - sometimes once every second
> and sometimes more continuesly. Have tried to figure out what could be the
> problem, but haven't been able to - any idea (I'm new to Vista)
>
> Thanks
> Ole

"Bookman" <> wrote:

>Ole,
>
>It sounds like your computer is using pagefiles to boost your memory. That
>would be a symptom of insufficient RAM.

Very premature diagnosis. It is more likely to be due to indexing, or
virus scanning, etc. Pagefile usage is at the end of the list of
probabilities.

Hi, Ole.

Since you are "new to Vista", the disk activity probably is, as the others
said, the Indexing activity. You can click Control Panel | Indexing Options
to see what it says. This is supposed to work in the background while the
computer is otherwise idle, stopping immediately whenever we press a key or
when some other program needs the CPU. For a big HD with lots of files,
this activity can go on for a few days, especially if we keep the computer
pretty busy with foreground tasks and turn it off when we are finished. It
might help to let it run overnight to complete its initial indexing. After
that, the interference - and the hard drive activity - should be minimal.

Many users get discouraged with Vista during the first week, when it is
doing a lot of housekeeping and self-tweaking to customize your installation
to the way you work. Also, during this first week, you will be doing a lot
of one-time-only jobs that will require Administrator privileges, such as
installing all your applications. To make Vista much more secure and WinXP,
User Access Control guards against many dangerous practices that previous
Windows versions allowed. This makes it seem more intrusive, especially in
the beginning. It takes most of us a while to abandon the WinXP mindset and
get used to the new way of doing things.

After the first week or two, though, most Vista users say that they would
not want to go back to WinXP.

Which version of Vista do you have? How much RAM and how much disk space?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 7000

"Ole" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My Vista PC is accessing the HD all the time - sometimes once every second
> and sometimes more continuesly. Have tried to figure out what could be the
> problem, but haven't been able to - any idea (I'm new to Vista)
>
> Thanks
> Ole

"Ole" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My Vista PC is accessing the HD all the time - sometimes once every second
> and sometimes more continuesly. Have tried to figure out what could be the
> problem, but haven't been able to - any idea (I'm new to Vista)
>
> Thanks
> Ole

Download Process Monitor from MS. It will show all process, registry,
and disk activity in real time.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx

Hi and thanks,

Have tried to pause the indexing service and it made no difference. My
Laptop has 4GB RAM 2GHz Core2Duo (T6400) and a 320GB HD and Windows
Vista Home Premium SP1

BR
Ole

R. C. White skrev:
> Hi, Ole.
>
> Since you are "new to Vista", the disk activity probably is, as the
> others said, the Indexing activity. You can click Control Panel |
> Indexing Options to see what it says. This is supposed to work in the
> background while the computer is otherwise idle, stopping immediately
> whenever we press a key or when some other program needs the CPU. For a
> big HD with lots of files, this activity can go on for a few days,
> especially if we keep the computer pretty busy with foreground tasks and
> turn it off when we are finished. It might help to let it run overnight
> to complete its initial indexing. After that, the interference - and
> the hard drive activity - should be minimal.
>
> Many users get discouraged with Vista during the first week, when it is
> doing a lot of housekeeping and self-tweaking to customize your
> installation to the way you work. Also, during this first week, you
> will be doing a lot of one-time-only jobs that will require
> Administrator privileges, such as installing all your applications. To
> make Vista much more secure and WinXP, User Access Control guards
> against many dangerous practices that previous Windows versions
> allowed. This makes it seem more intrusive, especially in the
> beginning. It takes most of us a while to abandon the WinXP mindset and
> get used to the new way of doing things.
>
> After the first week or two, though, most Vista users say that they
> would not want to go back to WinXP.
>
> Which version of Vista do you have? How much RAM and how much disk space?
>
> RC

Ole wrote:
> Hi and thanks,
>
> Have tried to pause the indexing service and it made no difference. My
> Laptop has 4GB RAM 2GHz Core2Duo (T6400) and a 320GB HD and Windows
> Vista Home Premium SP1
>

You didn't answer my question. Has this an effect on performance? If
not, just don't worry about it.

Ole <> wrote:

>Hi and thanks,
>
>Have tried to pause the indexing service and it made no difference. My
>Laptop has 4GB RAM 2GHz Core2Duo (T6400) and a 320GB HD and Windows
>Vista Home Premium SP1

That surely rules out page file or RAM issues.

Have you completely STOPPED indexing in Admin Tools/Services
and via right-clicking on the drive and unticking that option?

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:53:50 +0100, Ole <> wrote:

>Hi and thanks,
>
>Have tried to pause the indexing service and it made no difference. My
>Laptop has 4GB RAM 2GHz Core2Duo (T6400) and a 320GB HD and Windows
>Vista Home Premium SP1
>
>BR
>Ole

Good luck finding it. I have the same issue. Process Explorer doesn't
show any activity through Windows. Then again the disk get thrashed at
logon and PE doesn't show what's thrashing it... I guess MS doesn't
want us to know.