Cyphon

Great points guys, sounds like we're having very similar issues. I just hope
there is someone that has had this happen to them and resolved it, as i too
doubt that microsoft will fix these bugs without a higher volume of users
experiencing the same thing.


"DBRASCO" wrote:

> I also have the random load click from the hard drives. That never happened
> in XP unless you were doing a shut down or restart.
>
> Brasco
>
> "chas" wrote:
>
> > Same here!
> >
> > My HD hardly ever goes quiet under Vista. Task Manager does not show
> > what is causing it either.
> >
> > I disabled the indexer service as I must do at least 2 searches every 6
> > months. Hard disk activity is considerably less now but still lots
> > greater than XP.
> >
> > Someone forgot that hard disks are the devices that can have the most
> > impact on a computers performance. They are the only devices that have
> > not significantly improved over the last few years. Yes they have a much
> > larger capacity and are much more reliable now, but the speed has hardly
> > changed. So today's CPU's just sit there waiting for a disk to respond
> > because its being overloaded by all these silly background processes.
> > The PC seems to freeze.
> >
> > My two main complaints with Indexer are:-
> >
> > a. It starts as soon as you boot the system and that when you want your
> > PC to be as fast as possible. I even had services time-out waiting for
> > the disk to be available. (my PC index is 5.3)
> >
> > b. It starts up as soon as you install some new software. At which
> > point most users want to be using that software and not waiting for the
> > stupid indexer to be able to search it.
> >
> > The end impression from a user point of view is Vista is *much* slower
> > than XP.
> >
> > There isn't a HD on the market that can fill the bandwidth of SATA1 so
> > don't be fooled into thinking you have a much faster PC if its got SATA2.
> >
> > Even sadder - no one at Microsoft is going to read this or even care
> > because they thought the indexer was a really cool idea.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cyphon wrote:
> > > Since installing Vista Ultimate i have been experiencing annoying and
> > > disturbing noises. I have found that my hard drive is regularily spinning up,
> > > down and up at random intervals, i have seen no distinct pattern at all. But
> > > i can distincly hear the drive spining, it also causes freezes on my computer.
> > >
> > > The noises i recognise from XP whenever i shut my computer down (and only
> > > when) There's like a click, a pop and some spinning. Other times i hear a
> > > high pitched spinning noise getting higher and higher. I have also heard
> > > another friend mention a similar noise comming from his computer.
> > >
> > > The only thing i can possibly think of is Drive Ready (for hybrid drives) or
> > > Drive Boost (for flash storage) causing this issue due to some
> > > incompatibility?
> > >
> > > Any help at all is greatly appreciated!
> >