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| | Disk Thrashing I've been running Vista Business since it was released. The last few days, I have noticed the hard drive is being accessed almost continuously, even with no applications open. There is nothing taking up excess RAM or CPU cycles according to Task Manager. I made a few changes to the indexed locations a few days ago, but nothing drastic. The computer is on all night with nothing running, but the disk is still thrashing. What might be causing this? --Bruce |
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| | Re: Disk Thrashing bvandew wrote: > I've been running Vista Business since it was released. The last few > days, I have noticed the hard drive is being accessed almost > continuously, even with no applications open. There is nothing taking up > excess RAM or CPU cycles according to Task Manager. I made a few changes > to the indexed locations a few days ago, but nothing drastic. The > computer is on all night with nothing running, but the disk is still > thrashing. What might be causing this? > > --Bruce > It is probably defragging the disk. Vista does this once a week by default. |
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| | Re: Disk Thrashing You can get around this by scheduling a weekly defrag. I leave my PC on overnight once a week (a Saturday night) when I schedule various weekly tasks - such as defrag, spyware (defender) full scan, backup etc. "Nicole & Tom" <nicandtom@gmail.com> wrote in message news:Oa$bQ1zOHHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > bvandew wrote: >> I've been running Vista Business since it was released. The last few >> days, I have noticed the hard drive is being accessed almost >> continuously, even with no applications open. There is nothing taking up >> excess RAM or CPU cycles according to Task Manager. I made a few changes >> to the indexed locations a few days ago, but nothing drastic. The >> computer is on all night with nothing running, but the disk is still >> thrashing. What might be causing this? >> >> --Bruce >> > It is probably defragging the disk. Vista does this once a week by > default. |
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| | Re: Disk Thrashing bvandew wrote: > I've been running Vista Business since it was released. The last few > days, I have noticed the hard drive is being accessed almost > continuously, even with no applications open. There is nothing taking > up excess RAM or CPU cycles according to Task Manager. I made a few > changes to the indexed locations a few days ago, but nothing drastic. > The computer is on all night with nothing running, but the disk is > still thrashing. What might be causing this? > > --Bruce Vista. -- Paul-B |
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| | Re: Disk Thrashing It would be the indexing. Defragging alone cannot explain what you describe. In any case, the defragger runs once a week in the wee hours and for a limited time. It does not attempt to completely defrag the system before shutting down. You should not see it working during typical work hours. "bvandew" <bvanderw@gmail.com> wrote in message news:FFB75E70-23D5-4664-80ED-11DF8F5FBA52@microsoft.com... > I've been running Vista Business since it was released. The last few days, > I have noticed the hard drive is being accessed almost continuously, even > with no applications open. There is nothing taking up excess RAM or CPU > cycles according to Task Manager. I made a few changes to the indexed > locations a few days ago, but nothing drastic. The computer is on all > night with nothing running, but the disk is still thrashing. What might be > causing this? > > --Bruce > |
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| | Re: Disk Thrashing "bvandew" wrote > I've been running Vista Business since it was released. The last few days, > I have noticed the hard drive is being accessed almost continuously, even > with no applications open. There is nothing taking up excess RAM or CPU > cycles according to Task Manager. I made a few changes to the indexed > locations a few days ago, but nothing drastic. The computer is on all > night with nothing running, but the disk is still thrashing. What might be > causing this? Open performance monitor. Click the start orb, type per and Reliability and Performance Monitor should appear at the top of the list. Run it and in the right pane expand the disk section. You can sort by Writes and see what processes / files are accessing the disk. -- Rock [MVP - User/Shell] |
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| | Re: Disk Thrashing I had the same problem and it was the defrag. There is an option to turn off the automatic defrag, which I set and haven't had the problem since. -- Mike "bvandew" <bvanderw@gmail.com> wrote in message news:FFB75E70-23D5-4664-80ED-11DF8F5FBA52@microsoft.com... > I've been running Vista Business since it was released. The last few days, > I have noticed the hard drive is being accessed almost continuously, even > with no applications open. There is nothing taking up excess RAM or CPU > cycles according to Task Manager. I made a few changes to the indexed > locations a few days ago, but nothing drastic. The computer is on all > night with nothing running, but the disk is still thrashing. What might be > causing this? > > --Bruce > |
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