Vista - Hard disk never stops working...

I am running Build 5384 on a 2.8 Ghz computer with 1GB RAM. My hard disk (40
GB, 10 GB free) never stops - something constantly happens there, even after
having left it on overnight. Any ideas what that might be?

Hi Jerry,

It's very common on a new install while the system indexes everything, it
will eventually slow after a few days.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Jerry" <duncan_jeremy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am running Build 5384 on a 2.8 Ghz computer with 1GB RAM. My hard disk
>(40 GB, 10 GB free) never stops - something constantly happens there, even
>after having left it on overnight. Any ideas what that might be?

Thanks for your answer.
I had the same thoughts, but everything should be indexed by now.
I even tried ending the indexing services from the task manager,
and disk was still spinning. Must be something else?


"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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| Hi Jerry,
|
| It's very common on a new install while the system indexes everything, it
| will eventually slow after a few days.
|
| --
| Best of Luck,
|
| Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
| Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
|
| "Jerry" <duncan_jeremy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| news:F9886D3C-4903-44C1-92C1-E356D9C9FFF1@microsoft.com...
| >I am running Build 5384 on a 2.8 Ghz computer with 1GB RAM. My hard disk
| >(40 GB, 10 GB free) never stops - something constantly happens there,
even
| >after having left it on overnight. Any ideas what that might be?
|

yes, vista is a pile of crap

It remindes me of one time I tried to install xp on a pentium 133

Vista loads too many things in memory... you would need a super
duper flashdrive to handle that, not spining hard drives

"Jerry" <duncan_jeremy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your answer.
> I had the same thoughts, but everything should be indexed by now.
> I even tried ending the indexing services from the task manager,
> and disk was still spinning. Must be something else?
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uZ4hf4$0GHA.4972@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> | Hi Jerry,
> |
> | It's very common on a new install while the system indexes everything,
> it
> | will eventually slow after a few days.
> |
> | --
> | Best of Luck,
> |
> | Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> | http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> | Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> |
> | "Jerry" <duncan_jeremy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> | news:F9886D3C-4903-44C1-92C1-E356D9C9FFF1@microsoft.com...
> | >I am running Build 5384 on a 2.8 Ghz computer with 1GB RAM. My hard
> disk
> | >(40 GB, 10 GB free) never stops - something constantly happens there,
> even
> | >after having left it on overnight. Any ideas what that might be?
> |
>
>

First you should run the latest available Vista which at this moment is RC1
5600.

It's Performance and Stability is much better than earlier builds ( no
Explorer hanging etc )

Hard Disk working all the time :

After install of Vista your HardDisk is fragmented a lot - therefore Vista
runs silently in background all the time
the defragmenter until the disk is in better shape.You can disable this
behaviour if you got to start-accessoirs-system, choose and run the
defragmentation-tool and select NOT to autorun. after a reboot it stops.

SBJ

"Jerry" <duncan_jeremy@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>I am running Build 5384 on a 2.8 Ghz computer with 1GB RAM. My hard disk
>(40 GB, 10 GB free) never stops - something constantly happens there, even
>after having left it on overnight. Any ideas what that might be?

Thanks a lot. Installing RC1 seems to have solved it.


"Sascha Benjamin Jazbec" <sbj77@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:7284A818-B4A5-4369-9446-40C8DA883D57@microsoft.com...
> First you should run the latest available Vista which at this moment is
> RC1 5600.
>
> It's Performance and Stability is much better than earlier builds ( no
> Explorer hanging etc )
>
> Hard Disk working all the time :
>
> After install of Vista your HardDisk is fragmented a lot - therefore Vista
> runs silently in background all the time
> the defragmenter until the disk is in better shape.You can disable this
> behaviour if you got to start-accessoirs-system, choose and run the
> defragmentation-tool and select NOT to autorun. after a reboot it stops.
>
> SBJ
>
> "Jerry" <duncan_jeremy@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:F9886D3C-4903-44C1-92C1-E356D9C9FFF1@microsoft.com...
>>I am running Build 5384 on a 2.8 Ghz computer with 1GB RAM. My hard disk
>>(40 GB, 10 GB free) never stops - something constantly happens there, even
>>after having left it on overnight. Any ideas what that might be?
>