HDD reads constantly when Vista screensaver is activated

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 15 Jun 2007 at 19:12

I have just noticed that my raptor has been going nuts when the screensaver engages. Soon as I moved the mouse the reading stopped.

Any reason why ?

Teaf · 15 Jun 2007 at 19:25

Odd.

Maybe Vista is realising that the system is idle and it's choosing to re-index the file searching stuff, and run a scan of the system with Windows Defender at the same time since it's realising that since the screensaver is up, the computer must be idle?

Or at least that's a wild guess, couldn't find anything on google to show why a hard drive would be very active when a screensaver is on unfortunately :/

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 15 Jun 2007 at 19:49

I have disabled windows defender. How do I disable indexing?

Cob · 15 Jun 2007 at 19:53

It's in Services.

Tho it's best to have it enabled. It will die down when it's finished indexing everything.

Black Dragon · 15 Jun 2007 at 19:55

I just disabled it about an hour ago simply because i was sick of the noise. Why do you say it's best to have it enabled? Does it actually improve performance in a noticable amount?

Teaf · 15 Jun 2007 at 19:58

Well it dramatically speeds up searching for items on your computer for one thing, ie. you can type whatever you want into the search field in the start menu and it pretty much comes up straight away instead of having to run a system search and it making the noise that it would during the screensaver stuff then instead

TheVoice · 15 Jun 2007 at 19:58

Black Dragon said:
I just disabled it about an hour ago simply because i was sick of the noise. Why do you say it's best to have it enabled? Does it actually improve performance in a noticable amount?

It only improves search times. I've always had it turned off in XP and searches aren't exactly slow, so it's nothing vital.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 15 Jun 2007 at 20:55

Its good if you use search. I do not because I know where my files are kept. I prefer the less noise and access.

Black Dragon · 16 Jun 2007 at 03:42

Oh well, looks like i'll be leaving it off then. Can't remember the last time i had to use search.

Cob · 16 Jun 2007 at 15:55

Search in Vista is great.

You just hit the Windows key and start typing the name of the file you want.

J.B · 16 Jun 2007 at 20:07

Cob said:
Search in Vista is great.

You just hit the Windows key and start typing the name of the file you want.

I agree, its dramitcly improved my productivity. every file or program is just a few key strokes away!