Cyphon

That was a good idea, but unfortunately i also have mine set to never.

"GreenWing" wrote:

> 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!
>
>