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Old 01-17-2008   #1 (permalink)
b11_


 
 

after opening a folder

I have noticed that after doing something as simple as opening a folder,
there is 15-30 seconds of intermittant writing to the drive. I disabled
indexing but that did not help. How can one stop or limit that intermittant
writing to the drive?

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Old 01-17-2008   #2 (permalink)
Andre Da Costa [ActiveWin]


 
 

RE: after opening a folder

It depends on what you have stored in the folder, if you have lot videos or
images, then you are likely to see a significant increase in CPU utilization,
since it has to do things like render image and video previews.
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"b11_" wrote:
Quote:

> I have noticed that after doing something as simple as opening a folder,
> there is 15-30 seconds of intermittant writing to the drive. I disabled
> indexing but that did not help. How can one stop or limit that intermittant
> writing to the drive?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 01-28-2008   #3 (permalink)
b11_


 
 

RE: after opening a folder

But after doing something as simple as opening a window, _then_ there is
15-30 seconds of intermittant _WRITING_-to-disk. Only essential services are
running, the start folder is empty, and task scheduler is disabled.
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"Andre Da Costa [ActiveWin]" wrote:
Quote:

> It depends on what you have stored in the folder, if you have lot videos or
> images, then you are likely to see a significant increase in CPU utilization,
> since it has to do things like render image and video previews.
> --
> Andre
> Blog | http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Windows Vista Quick Start Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>
>
> "b11_" wrote:
>
Quote:

> > I have noticed that after doing something as simple as opening a folder,
> > there is 15-30 seconds of intermittant writing to the drive. I disabled
> > indexing but that did not help. How can one stop or limit that intermittant
> > writing to the drive?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 01-28-2008   #4 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: after opening a folder

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by b11_ View Post
I have noticed that after doing something as simple as opening a folder,
there is 15-30 seconds of intermittant writing to the drive. I disabled
indexing but that did not help. How can one stop or limit that intermittant
writing to the drive?
Hi b11,

See if after doing these to help improve the performance of Vista, if it opens quicker for you.

Speed Up the Performance of Vista

Shawn
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Old 02-24-2008   #5 (permalink)
b11_


 
 

Re: after opening a folder

I am trying to find-out why there is intermittant writing to disk after doing
something as simple as opening a window on the desktop. The writing-to-disk
happens under Vista and Wxp but not under W98. Only essential services are
running. It is a mystery.
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"Brink" wrote:
Quote:

>
> b11_;576972 Wrote:
Quote:

> > I have noticed that after doing something as simple as opening a folder,
> > there is 15-30 seconds of intermittant writing to the drive. I disabled
> > indexing but that did not help. How can one stop or limit that
> > intermittant
> > writing to the drive?
>
> Hi b11,
>
> See if after doing these to help improve the performance of Vista, if
> it opens quicker for you.
>
> Speed Up the Performance of Vista
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>
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Old 02-24-2008   #6 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: after opening a folder

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by b11_ View Post
I am trying to find-out why there is intermittant writing to disk after doing
something as simple as opening a window on the desktop. The writing-to-disk
happens under Vista and Wxp but not under W98. Only essential services are
running. It is a mystery.
________________________________________________________________

"Brink" wrote:
Quote:
>
> b11_;576972 Wrote:
>
> Hi b11,
>
> See if after doing these to help improve the performance of Vista, if
> it opens quicker for you.
>
> Speed Up the Performance of Vista
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>
B11,

It can be a number of things that cause it to write for a bit. For example: Superfetch loading data to memory, Index updating the search index, Vista reading icons from the icon cache in the opened window, etc......

Hope this helps,
Shawn
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 02-25-2008   #7 (permalink)
b11_


 
 

Re: after opening a folder

Indexing is disabled.

What I have observed is intermittant _WRITING_, not reading, to disk.

I'll disable superfetch and see what happens.
____________________________________________________________

"Brink" wrote:
Quote:

>
> b11_;624201 Wrote:
Quote:

> > I am trying to find-out why there is intermittant writing to disk after
> > doing
> > something as simple as opening a window on the desktop. The
> > writing-to-disk
> > happens under Vista and Wxp but not under W98. Only essential services
> > are
> > running. It is a mystery.
> > ________________________________________________________________
> >
> > "Brink" wrote:
Quote:

> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > b11_;576972 Wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi b11,
> > > >
> > > > See if after doing these to help improve the performance of Vista, if
> > > > it opens quicker for you.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Speed Up the Performance of Vista
> > > >
> > > > Shawn
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Brink
> > > >
> > > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> > > > '*Vista Forums*'
> > > > (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> > > > *Please post feedback to help others.*
> > > > > >
>
> B11,
>
> It can be a number of things that cause it to write for a bit. For
> example: Superfetch loading data to memory, Index updating the search
> index, Vista reading icons from the icon cache in the opened window,
> etc......
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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