Hard disk random freeze for a couple of seconds

Hello!
First of all, excuse my bad English!

Now to the question.
I have an odd issue with Windows Vista ultimate x64!
I have had this before I reinstalled vista but not this frequent as it is now.

The symptom is that everything freezes for a couple of seconds,The hard disk led turns dark while this happens.The mouse cursor still works but everything else is froze.
I can hear a click sound from the hard drive before everything goes back to normal!

Often when i try to access diffrent discs in windows explorer it take ages to access them!Completly random,Sometimes i can access them without any delay but sometimes one or two will take 10sec or more to show the content.Then windows explorer freezes but all other stuff works,i can start applications.

I have 4 hard drives installed on my machine, and I have tried 3 of these as C: but this issue has always turned up in Vista

I have tried Windows 7 and I have not had this issue in windows 7.However, it felt slow, so I went back to Vista again!

I have not installed any raid drivers,I run all hard drive as individual discs.

I have the latest Bios installed !
I have the latest drivers installed!
I have used Check disc with the repair otion without any errors shown up!
I have set all drives to use Advaced disc performance

Here is an picture of my Sata and IDE controller



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Win Ver: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 and DX11 installed
CPU: Core I7 920
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 rev1
GFX: Gigabyte HD5870
Ram: 6Gb Cosair xms 1600mhz DDR3
PSU: OCZ powerstream 600Watt
HDD1: Samsung spinpoint 320gb Sata
HDD2: Western Digital raptor 74gb Sata
HDD3: Western Digital green 2Tb 7200rpm Sata
HDD4: Hitachi 160gb Ide

Re: Harddisk random freeze in a couple of secondsHello! First of all, excuse my bad E

I read your problem and the symptom that is the most troubling is the tick. When a hard drive is about ready to fail, it gives a clicking sound (the click of death). May I suggest that you go to the website of your hard drive manufacturer and test your hard drive. The first thing is to back up all your important documents. You do not want to lose that valuable picture of you during the best vacation of yourlife etc.

Well, I have had this issue in years more or less!
And it seems to be Vista related only.I didn't have this issue with Windows 7 and when I returned to Vista it was back worst then ever!

I have checked my hard disks and no error is reported.I run an application from Hitachi, which checks the health

Just find it odd that it's just happening in Vista, and no other OS

Try using the Clean Boot and possibly we can find the cause.

ok will try that!Thanks A lot !!
Here is my bios settings anyway.Im not sure if i selected the right stuff here.What im thinking of is the IDE settings,Should i use IDE or Achi mode?I dont use raid for my drives!



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