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BUG: My second hard disk returns on, although I don't use it

  1. #1


    BillD Guest

    BUG: My second hard disk returns on, although I don't use it

    After 20 minutes my secondary hard disk goes in energy saving, but on random
    times it returns on, although I don't use it. Is it a bug?
    My second hard disk contains multimedia files only and it's almost full, but
    I don't use it.



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  2. #2


    Stephan Rose Guest

    Re: BUG: My second hard disk returns on, although I don't use it

    BillD wrote:

    > After 20 minutes my secondary hard disk goes in energy saving, but on
    > random times it returns on, although I don't use it. Is it a bug?
    > My second hard disk contains multimedia files only and it's almost full,
    > but I don't use it.


    Naw it's just indexing doing its best to slow your computer to a crawl.
    Don't worry...it'll stop in a few weeks...maybe....

    It's normal...

    --
    Stephan
    2003 Yamaha R6

    君のこと思い出す日なんてないのは
    君のこと忘れたときがないから

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  3. #3


    Dave Wood [MS] Guest

    Re: BUG: My second hard disk returns on, although I don't use it

    Your reply may have been in jest, but just to be clear, by default secondary
    drives are not indexed. You can control what is indexed by going to the
    Indexing Options control panel. Unfortunately I don't know what would cause
    this issue ...

    "Stephan Rose" <kermos@nospam.somrek.net> wrote in message
    news:HqudnQlsTcnVR2vYnZ2dnUVZ8qydnZ2d@giganews.com...
    > BillD wrote:
    >
    >> After 20 minutes my secondary hard disk goes in energy saving, but on
    >> random times it returns on, although I don't use it. Is it a bug?
    >> My second hard disk contains multimedia files only and it's almost full,
    >> but I don't use it.

    >
    > Naw it's just indexing doing its best to slow your computer to a crawl.
    > Don't worry...it'll stop in a few weeks...maybe....
    >
    > It's normal...
    >
    > --
    > Stephan
    > 2003 Yamaha R6
    >
    > 君のこと思い出す日なんてないのは
    > 君のこと忘れたときがないから



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  4. #4


    BillD Guest

    Re: BUG: My second hard disk returns on, although I don't use it



    "Stephan Rose" wrote:
    > Naw it's just indexing doing its best to slow your computer to a crawl.
    > Don't worry...it'll stop in a few weeks...maybe....
    > It's normal...


    NO, you're wrong! Your a stupid troll!
    My secondary hard disk is not indexed, in fact by default WindowsSearch
    indexes only a small amount of folders in the primary hard disk (where
    windows is installed) i.e. the Documents folder, the emails, the user profile
    in c:\users. The indexing is very fast because only a small amount of folders
    is indexed, and not the whole hard disk (the indexing is almost instantaneus
    the first time you install Vista because you don't have a lot of documents)!


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  5. #5


    BillD Guest

    Re: BUG: My second hard disk returns on, although I don't use it



    "Stephan Rose" wrote:
    > Naw it's just indexing doing its best to slow your computer to a crawl.
    > Don't worry...it'll stop in a few weeks...maybe....
    > It's normal...


    NO, you're wrong! Your a stupid troll!
    My secondary hard disk is not indexed, in fact by default WindowsSearch
    indexes only a small amount of folders in the primary hard disk (where
    windows is installed) i.e. the Documents folder, the emails, the start menu,
    and the user profile in c:\users. The indexing is very fast because only a
    small amount of folders is indexed, and not the whole hard disk (the indexing
    is almost instantaneus the first time you install Vista because you don't
    have a lot of documents. And I hadn't any slow down, I haven't any slow down
    because the indexing is executed at low I/O priority without slow down your
    PC).


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  6. #6


    Stephan Rose Guest

    Re: BUG: My second hard disk returns on, although I don't use it

    On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:01:11 -0700, BillD
    <BillD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

    >
    >
    >"Stephan Rose" wrote:
    >> Naw it's just indexing doing its best to slow your computer to a crawl.
    >> Don't worry...it'll stop in a few weeks...maybe....
    >> It's normal...

    >
    >NO, you're wrong! Your a stupid troll!


    I feel sooooooooo terribly insulted.

    >My secondary hard disk is not indexed, in fact by default WindowsSearch
    >indexes only a small amount of folders in the primary hard disk (where
    >windows is installed) i.e. the Documents folder, the emails, the user profile
    >in c:\users. The indexing is very fast because only a small amount of folders
    >is indexed, and not the whole hard disk (the indexing is almost instantaneus
    >the first time you install Vista because you don't have a lot of documents)!


    So basically the whole indexing is useless by default unless I put my
    data files into directories that get wiped everytime the OS is cleanly
    reinstalled!

    Sounds like such a wonderful idea.


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  7. #7


    Adam Albright Guest

    Re: BUG: My second hard disk returns on, although I don't use it

    On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:34:12 +0100, Stephan Rose
    <kermos.remove.no.spam@no.somrek.spam.net> wrote:

    >On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:01:11 -0700, BillD
    ><BillD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
    >
    >>
    >>
    >>"Stephan Rose" wrote:
    >>> Naw it's just indexing doing its best to slow your computer to a crawl.
    >>> Don't worry...it'll stop in a few weeks...maybe....
    >>> It's normal...

    >>
    >>NO, you're wrong! Your a stupid troll!

    >
    >I feel sooooooooo terribly insulted.
    >
    >>My secondary hard disk is not indexed, in fact by default WindowsSearch
    >>indexes only a small amount of folders in the primary hard disk (where
    >>windows is installed) i.e. the Documents folder, the emails, the user profile
    >>in c:\users. The indexing is very fast because only a small amount of folders
    >>is indexed, and not the whole hard disk (the indexing is almost instantaneus
    >>the first time you install Vista because you don't have a lot of documents)!

    >
    >So basically the whole indexing is useless by default unless I put my
    >data files into directories that get wiped everytime the OS is cleanly
    >reinstalled!
    >
    >Sounds like such a wonderful idea.


    It all depends on how many changes you make. If your data files remain
    pretty much static then there is little new to index. If howevr you
    keep adding or changing files then the Indexer has more to do.

    You can elect to index or not index by hard drive. Just right click on
    the drive folder in Explorer and turn it off or on.



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  8. #8


    Stephan Rose Guest

    Re: BUG: My second hard disk returns on, although I don't use it

    Dave Wood [MS] wrote:

    > Your reply may have been in jest, but just to be clear, by default
    > secondary drives are not indexed. You can control what is indexed by going
    > to the Indexing Options control panel. Unfortunately I don't know what
    > would cause this issue ...


    Actually it was in jest but some people are just too blind to see that

    It's fun to mess with em tho...=)

    --
    Stephan
    2003 Yamaha R6

    君のこと思い出す日なんてないのは
    君のこと忘れたときがないから

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