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Old 03-13-2007   #7 (permalink)
JediDog


 
 

Re: What's all this disk activity?

Thanks Tim! I have been spending a lot of time waiting for the computer and
I'd like to know what it's doing. If I could turn off Superfetch, I could
see what activity remains.

I have 1GB of DRAM. Is that enough?


"Tim" wrote:

> I've seen this issue also. For about 5 or so minutes after startup, there
> is a lot of disk activity. In Task Manager, it is "NT Kernel & System"
> that's using the resources. Whatever it's doing, it's not doing it "in the
> background" because while it's working it's significantly slowing down
> anything else I do on the computer.
>
> "Steve Thackery" <thack@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:OjuPBsMZHHA.1244@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> Can I turn Superfetch off?

> >
> > Why on earth? What's wrong with it accessing the disk in the background?
> > Why does it bother you? It's just doing its Vista thing. There is no
> > need at all to mess with it - you'll probably slow it down.
> >
> > Relax, and trust me: all is well.
> >
> > Thack
> >

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