GreenWing

Have you customized your power plan options? control panel->Power Options

There is an option to turn off the hard drives after xx mins with no
activity...I have mine set to never...

Greenwing


"Cyphon" <Cyphon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA343AFF-4560-4B1F-A1E5-128C763BD490@microsoft.com...
> 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!