Why is my Hard-Drive thrashing around in Vista64?

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As the title really... I'm new to Vista64 and am finding the switchover from XP a little had, although i really do like the look and feel of Vista...

The one thing thats bugging me is the fact that my Hard-Drive seems to be thrashing around all the time, even when i'm doing nothing... Whats going on?

Also, is there anything that i should/shouldn't set in Vista64 to make it run smoother?

Hope someone can help, i'm a complete Vista64 n00b... :D
 
Either that or (if you have a lot of RAM) it's Superfetching. Can take a while after bootup especially if you have slow/fragmented drives.
 
PhillyDee said:
Heh, i know how you feel, my raptor makes a helluva noise when vista is arsing about with it.
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Your telling me. I've turned of Indexing and it's still noisey as hell. Its now at the stage where im ditching my Raided raptors and going for a single quiter HDD.
 
If you google it, you will find a lot of helpful guides on how to disable certain things, but it's mostly down to the memory and superfetch. It's moslty nosiy during a fresh install of the OS....it should clam down within a few weeks.

And yeah i agree, a raptor doesn't help, there very noisy in Vista :D lol..
 
I find my install thrashes for a little bit after it boots, then when in low power mode( IE Screen off, but still running), it will thrash, also after installing a driver in some cases, causing shut down to be delayed. I find installing drivers in safe mode stops this. I have not turned off any indexing or superfetch, whats the point? I got Vista for those advanced features.
 
I turned off indexing as all my documents are stored on my server, so i have never searched the hard drive for a file yet. Superfetch, of course, stays on. I have to admit, I think id miss the Raptors noise if i got rid of it.
 
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