Ziplock9000
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One of the many reasons I skipped Vista was because of the constant Disk activity when idle. It appears that the same problem exists with Windows 7. I've tried the usual suspects like turning of indexing etc, but the problem it still exists. I'm 99% sure it's not the hardware, because I can play most of the latest games out there and run big apps like VS2008, SQL Server etc..
Windows 7 Ultimate, Beta Build 7000 (inc all current windows updates)
Pentium D 2.8Ghz Dual Core
2Gb Ram
400Gb SATA HD (Raid0 across 2x200Gb drives)
ATI 2600 Hd Pro
Nova HD S2
Nova T 500
Thanks.
Windows 7 Ultimate, Beta Build 7000 (inc all current windows updates)
Pentium D 2.8Ghz Dual Core
2Gb Ram
400Gb SATA HD (Raid0 across 2x200Gb drives)
ATI 2600 Hd Pro
Nova HD S2
Nova T 500
Thanks.
Mine (and most other people's as well) seem to work just fine
However apart from disabling Indexing try these (shouldn't really need to but it will certainly fix the Disk problem)
1) Stop and Disable Superfetch (go into control panel===>administrative services===>services)
2) Stop and disable Ready Boost -- this is usually the mother of all Disk thrashing problems when they occur. Note Ready Boost doesn't even appear in build 7022.
Now also ensure that you haven't got too many applications running at once and you actually do have at least 1GB RAM.
Finally make sure that your "C" drive is not 95% full or similar.
Cheers
jimbo
However apart from disabling Indexing try these (shouldn't really need to but it will certainly fix the Disk problem)
1) Stop and Disable Superfetch (go into control panel===>administrative services===>services)
2) Stop and disable Ready Boost -- this is usually the mother of all Disk thrashing problems when they occur. Note Ready Boost doesn't even appear in build 7022.
Now also ensure that you haven't got too many applications running at once and you actually do have at least 1GB RAM.
Finally make sure that your "C" drive is not 95% full or similar.
Cheers
jimbo
Ziplock9000
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I have noticed the same thing. I have disabled the anti virus, and stopped indexing and it still continues. I got process monitor from sys internals and had a look.
Windows media player network sharing service was accessing the disk so I stopped that. Using Norton that came with the computer. On an XP I have Mcafee, and the disk was not this active.
But 2 processes continue to use the disk repeatedly:
explorer.exe is using a slideshow.ini, but I have no slide show setup !! how to stop this??
And the peer network services is using the disk, why? there is no other computer on the network at this time??
Did not notice this stuff going on with XP, its very annoying, when the computer is idle the disk should be idle!! Over time this adds up to a lot of disk usage, reduce disk life??
Windows media player network sharing service was accessing the disk so I stopped that. Using Norton that came with the computer. On an XP I have Mcafee, and the disk was not this active.
But 2 processes continue to use the disk repeatedly:
explorer.exe is using a slideshow.ini, but I have no slide show setup !! how to stop this??
And the peer network services is using the disk, why? there is no other computer on the network at this time??
Did not notice this stuff going on with XP, its very annoying, when the computer is idle the disk should be idle!! Over time this adds up to a lot of disk usage, reduce disk life??
gimpydingo
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Hi, I would also be interested in a solution to this problem. I run Windows 7 and recently is has become abnormally slow, as there is constant hard disk activity. A virus scan with AVG did not product any results. On closer look, the Resource Monitor showed that the Sytem process is writing and reading at 2-6 MB per sec from my hard disk, name like the c:\Pagefile.sys.
Now, my page file size is 1533 MB (the recommended size) - I have 1GB memory on a 2.4 Ghz HP laptop.
Does anyone have any piece of advice?
Now, my page file size is 1533 MB (the recommended size) - I have 1GB memory on a 2.4 Ghz HP laptop.
Does anyone have any piece of advice?
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