Vista HDD Thrash

rctneil · 27 Jul 2008 at 12:32

I ahve noticed for a while now that Vista keeps thrashing my hdd quite a lot and thats when the PC is just sat idle, It happens a lot when the screensaver is on and if I am watching tele then i sometimes have to lean over and shove the mouse to make it stop for a short while. Is there any way I can reduce the amount of time Vista sits and shortens the lifespan of My drive?

mr.sly · 27 Jul 2008 at 12:38

You're going to be changing hard drives a long time before Vista kills it.

It's thrashing away because it's either indexing or defragmenting your hard drive.

If your hard drive is that fragile though, disable those or buy a new one.

badbob · 27 Jul 2008 at 12:40

I disable a couple of things, indexer I think and that stops HD thrashing cosiderbly. Just used for file searches which I rarely do so goodbye..

rctneil · 27 Jul 2008 at 17:29

I did hear something about the system restore thrashing the HDD a lot but I never use it so is there a way I can disble that?

NVIDIA_x64 · 27 Jul 2008 at 17:57

Yeah u can disable system restore in vista it is in accessories then system tools then u will see system restore click it then there is turn off.