continuous hard drive activity

Since I installed Vista (32-bit) I seem to have continuous, 24/7 HDD activity. Does anyone know what process might be causing this?

Hello,
This is most likely caused by the Search Indexer, which is indexing the files on your computer so that when you do a search they will show up extremely fast. Depending on how many files you have, this could take a while.
To see what the search indexer is up to and to change its settings, you can go to Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Indexing Option. :)
- JB

This is most likely caused by the Search Indexer, which is indexing the files on your computer so that when you do a search they will show up extremely fast. Depending on how many files you have, this could take a while.
To see what the search indexer is up to and to change its settings, you can go to Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Indexing Option. :)

Okay, I'll give that a try--as soon as I can figure out how to switch back from "classic" view of the Control Panel.

It is listed as just plain Indexing Options in classic view. :)
- JB

Okay, just checked and all my files are already indexed. HD is still going like crazy--at least the activity light is going nuts.
Kerry
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

It is listed as just plain Indexing Options in classic view. :)
- JB

OK ... The next most likely cause is the automatic background disk defragmentation.
- Right-click an empty part of your taskbar and click Task Manager - Click on Image Name to sort by name - See if you see "Defrag.exe" running
If it is, that's probably the culprit :)
- JB

Okay, checked that too but defrag isn't running.
Kerry
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

OK ... The next most likely cause is the automatic background disk defragmentation.
- Right-click an empty part of your taskbar and click Task Manager - Click on Image Name to sort by name - See if you see "Defrag.exe" running
If it is, that's probably the culprit :)
- JB

Well, I'm out of easy solutions. lol.
OK ... *cracks knuckles* ...
- Open Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools - Double-click Performance Diagnostic Console - Click the down-arrow next to the header that says "disk" - Click the Write (B/min) header until it sorts it from biggest to smallest
Keep an eye on that sucker every now and then and see if you notice a pattern of a certain program always being in the top. Ignore System, as he's always writing stuff to internal log files.
- JB

I have a thought about this HD constantly running issue, Mine also is experiencing the same thing, IF you think about it for a minute the Clock on the desktop is constantly updating itself and may be the culprit. Therefor I removed mine for a few minutes and the HD activity went away and when I re-enabled it it started running again. This may not be the case for everyone since this is a Beta version, but it worked for me.
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Well, I'm out of easy solutions. lol.
OK ... *cracks knuckles* ...
- Open Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools - Double-click Performance Diagnostic Console - Click the down-arrow next to the header that says "disk" - Click the Write (B/min) header until it sorts it from biggest to smallest
Keep an eye on that sucker every now and then and see if you notice a pattern of a certain program always being in the top. Ignore System, as he's always writing stuff to internal log files.
- JB

I have the same concern on my system. I will try some of this stuff when I get home tonight.
"Kerry Lange" wrote:

Since I installed Vista (32-bit) I seem to have continuous, 24/7 HDD activity. Does anyone know what process might be causing this?

Well, I'm out of easy solutions. lol.
OK ... *cracks knuckles* ...

This is too funny! I read your post--"OK... *cracks knuckles*..."--and then HDD activity dropped off. Currently, HDD activity is what you'd expect--a flicker here and there as you'd expect from the system as it normally runs.
Next time I have a problem I'll first try cracking my knuckles and they I'll contact you to have you crack your knuckles.
Kerry

lol
- JB

Ok, I am also having this issue. there are some good thoughts here and I will try a few of the ideas presented. If it does turn out to be the clock, that is going to suck because that is one of my favoriite features of Vista. Hopefully that will be fixed in the next release.
"Snowsden" wrote:

I have a thought about this HD constantly running issue, Mine also is experiencing the same thing, IF you think about it for a minute the Clock on the desktop is constantly updating itself and may be the culprit. Therefor I removed mine for a few minutes and the HD activity went away and when I re-enabled it it started running again. This may not be the case for everyone since this is a Beta version, but it worked for me.
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:
Well, I'm out of easy solutions. lol.
OK ... *cracks knuckles* ...
- Open Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools - Double-click Performance Diagnostic Console - Click the down-arrow next to the header that says "disk" - Click the Write (B/min) header until it sorts it from biggest to smallest
Keep an eye on that sucker every now and then and see if you notice a pattern of a certain program always being in the top. Ignore System, as he's always writing stuff to internal log files.
- JB

I never thought of the knuckle cracking thing. I'll try that first as it seems the easiest. lol
"John Brutovsky" wrote:

I have the same concern on my system. I will try some of this stuff when I get home tonight.
"Kerry Lange" wrote:
Since I installed Vista (32-bit) I seem to have continuous, 24/7 HDD activity. Does anyone know what process might be causing this?

Ok, when I got home tonight I cracked my knuckles and booted into Vista, and guess what, no more abnormal hard drive activity. Actually what I think happened was that Vista was defragging the hard drive after the install. The defrag now shows finished and my hard drive activity is now aceptable. One note. I went to the options page for the disk defragger and changed it to only run once a month, and only at 2am. Hopefully I'll never run up against it again.
"John Brutovsky" wrote:

I never thought of the knuckle cracking thing. I'll try that first as it seems the easiest. lol
"John Brutovsky" wrote:
I have the same concern on my system. I will try some of this stuff when I get home tonight.
"Kerry Lange" wrote:
Since I installed Vista (32-bit) I seem to have continuous, 24/7 HDD activity. Does anyone know what process might be causing this?