Incessant Disk Thrashing!! Sys Vol Info....

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ewyatt

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Vista is known for excessive disk activity, most of it unnecessary. Windows ME, Windows XP, and Windows 7 use System Restore and similar programs, yet these are not as disk active as Vista. I despise this OS!

Anyway, is there a way to stop or decrease the multi-daily System Volume Information crud that goes on, and on, and on..... My Process Explorer shows this to be the culprit, and my scheduled defrag is off, no antivirus program scanning, or indexing active. I read somewhere that there was a way to stop or diminish the Sys Vol activity. Help please! Thanks.

EW:confused:
 

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    Dell XPS420
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    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
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    Dell USB
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    DSL provided by ATT
Hello & welcome,

First, please be more specific regarding which process is "Hogging" your processing power.

Look in task manager & identify which proccess is causing the issue.

Also, please state you PC manufacturer, model, spec & update status (SP2 plus) etc. etc. This will help us to help you.

Thank you.
 

My Computer

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
    CPU
    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD BluRay & DVD Weiters HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
richc46 said:
See if you can turn off indexing
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As I posted, I have turned off Indexing. It never runs. I suppose I could turn OFF my System Restore function, but not a good idea. There has to be some way to limit the Sys Vol activity!!

Why can't I remember what I read about cutting it down!!!
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Shame really as yesterday Process Lasso was updated and free on giveawayoftheday for the pro version4
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD 1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp 1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm 1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset. Only ever used a laptop. Also use USB Freeview TV Card Lenovo Docking Station External Speakers Other bits a pieces as needed
Thanks to all for helping out -- with my Vista's disk activity. And no, it's not Superfetch, or anything other than System Volume Information building. This is normal and all/most Vista users experience it, though they don't complain like me! But I want my hard drive to last a little longer....

To Lottiemansion, as I wrote, I found that Sys Vol Info was the culprit, as shown in Process Explorer. And this happens on every Vista computer I've ever used, inluding both my updated Dells.

Thanks to all for helping, but I suppose there is no answer except to accept the thrashing, or move up and use my Windows XP or Win 7 computers, while saving money for hard drives for my Vista systems! :cry:
 

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"All vista users" is a sweeping statement I don't have a lot of disc thrashing so I don't know what you are talking about.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD 1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp 1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm 1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset. Only ever used a laptop. Also use USB Freeview TV Card Lenovo Docking Station External Speakers Other bits a pieces as needed
ilikefree said:
"All vista users" is a sweeping statement I don't have a lot of disc thrashing so I don't know what you are talking about.
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Sorry dude. If you have Vista, you DO have a lot of disk activity, whether you realize it or not. Of course, "a lot" is a subjective term. In any case, there's more disk activity in Vista than in XP or Win 7. And that's "only the facts, maam!"
 

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If you run your system how it came out of the box you will get a lot of activity
But if you go to services.msc and turn off (set to manual) what you don't use it will stop
Main ones I turn off are Indexing and Search.There are a lot you can disable
A good place to start is with Black Viper

Black Viper's Web Site
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD 1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp 1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm 1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset. Only ever used a laptop. Also use USB Freeview TV Card Lenovo Docking Station External Speakers Other bits a pieces as needed
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