Vista-Hard Drive Question

Why with Vista is the hard drive seem to be constantly moving....

Is it normal that on vista causes the hard drive to spin a lot???
someone said vista is always polling the hard drive.......

thanks

its the search indexing service, and the defrag service...

I personally disable both... the more like XP you can make vista, the
better.


"visualvideo" <> wrote in message
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> Why with Vista is the hard drive seem to be constantly moving....
>
> Is it normal that on vista causes the hard drive to spin a lot???
> someone said vista is always polling the hard drive.......
>
> thanks

Maybe the disk is being indexed, could be your anti-virus utility scanning
in the background. Have you checked the Task Manager to see which processes
have highest memory usage and CPU cycles? Could help filter down the
problem. I would also run a scan using the AV or the built in Windows
Defender antispyware utility.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"visualvideo" <> wrote in message
news:54E2C0AD-C5CC-4BF7-8219-...
> Why with Vista is the hard drive seem to be constantly moving....
>
> Is it normal that on vista causes the hard drive to spin a lot???
> someone said vista is always polling the hard drive.......
>
> thanks

Open the Reliability and Performance Monitor. On the right hand side expand
Disk. You will get real time information as to what processes are accessing
the disk.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


"visualvideo" <> wrote in message
news:54E2C0AD-C5CC-4BF7-8219-...
> Why with Vista is the hard drive seem to be constantly moving....
>
> Is it normal that on vista causes the hard drive to spin a lot???
> someone said vista is always polling the hard drive.......
>
> thanks

Hi Fred...thanks for the reply...I'm not sure but I think I do not have the
indexing installed on this system

"fred letano" wrote:

> its the search indexing service, and the defrag service...
>
> I personally disable both... the more like XP you can make vista, the
> better.
>
>
> "visualvideo" <> wrote in message
> news:54E2C0AD-C5CC-4BF7-8219-...
> > Why with Vista is the hard drive seem to be constantly moving....
> >
> > Is it normal that on vista causes the hard drive to spin a lot???
> > someone said vista is always polling the hard drive.......
> >
> > thanks
>
>
>

when I check whats running the "mmc.exe" is running a lot...what is that????

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

> Open the Reliability and Performance Monitor. On the right hand side expand
> Disk. You will get real time information as to what processes are accessing
> the disk.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>
> "visualvideo" <> wrote in message
> news:54E2C0AD-C5CC-4BF7-8219-...
> > Why with Vista is the hard drive seem to be constantly moving....
> >
> > Is it normal that on vista causes the hard drive to spin a lot???
> > someone said vista is always polling the hard drive.......
> >
> > thanks
>

Microsoft Management Console, it hosts administrative tools that you can use
to administer networks, computers, services, and other system components.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"visualvideo" <> wrote in message
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> when I check whats running the "mmc.exe" is running a lot...what is
> that????
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> Open the Reliability and Performance Monitor. On the right hand side
>> expand
>> Disk. You will get real time information as to what processes are
>> accessing
>> the disk.
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>
>>
>> "visualvideo" <> wrote in message
>> news:54E2C0AD-C5CC-4BF7-8219-...
>> > Why with Vista is the hard drive seem to be constantly moving....
>> >
>> > Is it normal that on vista causes the hard drive to spin a lot???
>> > someone said vista is always polling the hard drive.......
>> >
>> > thanks
>>

all vista machines have search indexing installed and running by default

go to start and in the search box type: services.msc and press enter

look for the windows search indexing service



"visualvideo" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Fred...thanks for the reply...I'm not sure but I think I do not have
> the
> indexing installed on this system
>
> "fred letano" wrote:
>
>> its the search indexing service, and the defrag service...
>>
>> I personally disable both... the more like XP you can make vista, the
>> better.
>>
>>
>> "visualvideo" <> wrote in message
>> news:54E2C0AD-C5CC-4BF7-8219-...
>> > Why with Vista is the hard drive seem to be constantly moving....
>> >
>> > Is it normal that on vista causes the hard drive to spin a lot???
>> > someone said vista is always polling the hard drive.......
>> >
>> > thanks
>>
>>
>>

How do i shut off the indexing service?? okay to do that??

Thanks

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Microsoft Management Console, it hosts administrative tools that you can use
> to administer networks, computers, services, and other system components.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "visualvideo" <> wrote in message
> news:54F2D150-911F-4A40-82F2-...
> > when I check whats running the "mmc.exe" is running a lot...what is
> > that????
> >
> > "Kerry Brown" wrote:
> >
> >> Open the Reliability and Performance Monitor. On the right hand side
> >> expand
> >> Disk. You will get real time information as to what processes are
> >> accessing
> >> the disk.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kerry Brown
> >> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> >> http://www.vistahelp.ca
> >>
> >>
> >> "visualvideo" <> wrote in message
> >> news:54E2C0AD-C5CC-4BF7-8219-...
> >> > Why with Vista is the hard drive seem to be constantly moving....
> >> >
> >> > Is it normal that on vista causes the hard drive to spin a lot???
> >> > someone said vista is always polling the hard drive.......
> >> >
> >> > thanks
> >>
>
>
>

Check, in the Programs and Features control panel,
in the Turn Windows Features On/Off sub-panel
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry

"visualvideo" <> wrote in message
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> How do i shut off the indexing service?? okay to do that??
>
> Thanks
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
>> Microsoft Management Console, it hosts administrative tools that you can
>> use
>> to administer networks, computers, services, and other system components.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "visualvideo" <> wrote in message
>> news:54F2D150-911F-4A40-82F2-...
>> > when I check whats running the "mmc.exe" is running a lot...what is
>> > that????
>> >
>> > "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Open the Reliability and Performance Monitor. On the right hand side
>> >> expand
>> >> Disk. You will get real time information as to what processes are
>> >> accessing
>> >> the disk.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Kerry Brown
>> >> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> >> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "visualvideo" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:54E2C0AD-C5CC-4BF7-8219-...
>> >> > Why with Vista is the hard drive seem to be constantly moving....
>> >> >
>> >> > Is it normal that on vista causes the hard drive to spin a lot???
>> >> > someone said vista is always polling the hard drive.......
>> >> >
>> >> > thanks
>> >>
>>
>>
>>