Need Experts Help, Hard drive Issue, I wasted so much time researching google! I CRY

Please hel

Dell xps 153
vista home 32 bi

When laptop is turned on, the HD spin right away

Turned off indexin
Turned off superfetc
Turned off windows defende
I defra

Resource Monitor shows that there is constant writing on C:\$logfil
(NTFS Volume Log) is that normal

I really don't know what to do. I wasted so much time researching this
The thing is that there are so many problems like mine

2 Dollars paypal to the person that fixes my H

--
glick

Right-click on the Task Bar>Task Manager> See what processes, etc are running.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"glick" wrote:

>
> Please help
>
> Dell xps 1530
> vista home 32 bit
>
> When laptop is turned on, the HD spin right away.
>
> Turned off indexing
> Turned off superfetch
> Turned off windows defender
> I defrag
>
> Resource Monitor shows that there is constant writing on C:\$logfile
> (NTFS Volume Log) is that normal?
>
> I really don't know what to do. I wasted so much time researching this.
> The thing is that there are so many problems like mine.
>
> 2 Dollars paypal to the person that fixes my HD
>
>
> --
> glick
>

nothing out of the ordinary is running. rundll32.exe is there 3 times,
umm alps pointing device driver, i dont know what that is. Delldock.exe
is there ummm upeksvr.exe is there

Nothing out of ordinary i think


--
glick

rundll32 is a wrapper for a .dll to run as a program, maybe if you see what
is wrapped in those, you can solve the mystery.
upeksvr.exe = fingerprint server process for vista

"glick" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> nothing out of the ordinary is running. rundll32.exe is there 3 times,
> umm alps pointing device driver, i dont know what that is. Delldock.exe
> is there ummm upeksvr.exe is there
>
> Nothing out of ordinary i think
>
>
> --
> glick

Hi,

It would be normal for a hard drive to spin up when the system is first
turned on. Anything being used has to be loaded to ram from the hard drive,
and it certainly can't do that without spinning up.

Incidentally, by disabling superfetch and indexing, you are causing your
system to work harder to achieve the same results. Searches will take
longer, and commonly used files will not be preloaded for quick retrieval.
Those routines are designed to speed the system's response based on the
user's pattern of regular use.

Did you disable or limit virtual memory as well? That would contribute to
additional spin time, especially if the amount of physically installed ram
is low.

Writing to $logfile is normal.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"glick" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Please help
>
> Dell xps 1530
> vista home 32 bit
>
> When laptop is turned on, the HD spin right away.
>
> Turned off indexing
> Turned off superfetch
> Turned off windows defender
> I defrag
>
> Resource Monitor shows that there is constant writing on C:\$logfile
> (NTFS Volume Log) is that normal?
>
> I really don't know what to do. I wasted so much time researching this.
> The thing is that there are so many problems like mine.
>
> 2 Dollars paypal to the person that fixes my HD
>
>
> --
> glick

Delldock does what it's name implies. It monitors to detect a connection to
a docking station.

Upeksvr.exe is software for a fingerprint scanner. If your model has one,
this would be normal.

Rundll32.exe is used to run and load routines housed in 32-bit library
files. You would see one instance of it for each process currently running.

Try process monitor to get more details on what's going on:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"glick" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> nothing out of the ordinary is running. rundll32.exe is there 3 times,
> umm alps pointing device driver, i dont know what that is. Delldock.exe
> is there ummm upeksvr.exe is there
>
> Nothing out of ordinary i think
>
>
> --
> glick

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:16:33 -0500, glick <>
wrote:

>
>Please help
>
>Dell xps 1530
>vista home 32 bit
>
>When laptop is turned on, the HD spin right away.

Well duh, when you put your car in drive the wheels start to turn.
Otherwise you would just sit there going nowhere.

When you boot up from a cold start naturally your HD will spin up...it
has to in order to load Vista and whatever software gets preloaded. It
is perfectly normal to hear your hard drive go a little crazy for the
first minute or so.

>Turned off indexing
>Turned off superfetch
>Turned off windows defender
>I defrag
>
>Resource Monitor shows that there is constant writing on C:\$logfile
>(NTFS Volume Log) is that normal?

Watching Resource Monitor will always show Vista doing something.
Vista, if a person would be considering very high strung, nervous,
can't sit still. Vista is designed to always be doing something. It
will perform housekeeping tasks on it's own if you're not asking too
much of it in the way of running applications. Is all this normal?
Yes.

>I really don't know what to do.

Relax.

Just in case you did not see it, try some of the tips here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=243342
Otherwise, check Event Viewer in depth - Applications and
services/Microsoft/Windows/Disk... or whatever, for ex.
Michael

"glick" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Please help
>
> Dell xps 1530
> vista home 32 bit
>
> When laptop is turned on, the HD spin right away.
>
> Turned off indexing
> Turned off superfetch
> Turned off windows defender
> I defrag
>
> Resource Monitor shows that there is constant writing on C:\$logfile
> (NTFS Volume Log) is that normal?
>
> I really don't know what to do. I wasted so much time researching this.
> The thing is that there are so many problems like mine.
>
> 2 Dollars paypal to the person that fixes my HD
>
>
> --
> glick

"Ringmaster" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:16:33 -0500, glick <>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Please help
>>
>>Dell xps 1530
>>vista home 32 bit
>>
>>When laptop is turned on, the HD spin right away.
>
> Well duh, when you put your car in drive the wheels start to turn.
> Otherwise you would just sit there going nowhere.

Wow - Is that really true? The wheels star to turn when you drive? One
question, when YOU drive, do you need to keep all the windows down for your
EGO?
>
> When you boot up from a cold start naturally your HD will spin up...it
> has to in order to load Vista and whatever software gets preloaded. It
> is perfectly normal to hear your hard drive go a little crazy for the
> first minute or so.
>
>>Turned off indexing
>>Turned off superfetch
>>Turned off windows defender
>>I defrag
>>
>>Resource Monitor shows that there is constant writing on C:\$logfile
>>(NTFS Volume Log) is that normal?
>
> Watching Resource Monitor will always show Vista doing something.
> Vista, if a person would be considering very high strung, nervous,
> can't sit still. Vista is designed to always be doing something. It
> will perform housekeeping tasks on it's own if you're not asking too
> much of it in the way of running applications. Is all this normal?
> Yes.
>
>>I really don't know what to do.
>
> Relax.

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:26:16 -0700, "Bill Yanaire" <>
wrote:

>
>"Ringmaster" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:16:33 -0500, glick <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Please help
>>>
>>>Dell xps 1530
>>>vista home 32 bit
>>>
>>>When laptop is turned on, the HD spin right away.
>>
>> Well duh, when you put your car in drive the wheels start to turn.
>> Otherwise you would just sit there going nowhere.
>
>Wow - Is that really true? The wheels star to turn when you drive? One
>question, when YOU drive, do you need to keep all the windows down for your
>EGO?

Oh look, it's the Yanaire fool following me around trying to be a
stalker. How cute.