hard drive never stops running

I have had problems with the hard drive never stop running when loading certain programs. It will run for hours without stopping. Very strange and annoying. This happens when I run media center for example. Version Beta 2 Build 5384
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If I remember correctly media center works as a DVR so if you're watching live TV at the time then it will be constantly writing to your hard drive creating and maintaining it's buffer for rewind, pause, etc. Other programs have different requirements as well. Such as a game may require 1GB RAM and that's all you have on your machine. When you launch the app then the OS will have to use disk cache to compensate for the demand on RAM. If you've recently installed Vista then it could also be the indexer running to create and maintain it's index. This should clear up in a couple days depending on the speed of the system and it's uptime (I suggest leaving it on overnight the first few days.) Then it will only write when there are changes made to the file system though it won't be as overwhelming as the first few days.
"chaseme5" wrote in message

I have had problems with the hard drive never stop running when loading certain programs. It will run for hours without stopping. Very strange and annoying. This happens when I run media center for example. Version Beta 2 Build 5384
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today I found out that the hard drive keeps running simply by just typing a word document. It's a random problem with no real fix or understanding why. I closed all programs. I am using 756mb ddr 333. However, when this problem occurs cpu is at 4% and virtually there is no demand on the system.

"Hank" wrote:

If I remember correctly media center works as a DVR so if you're watching live TV at the time then it will be constantly writing to your hard drive creating and maintaining it's buffer for rewind, pause, etc. Other programs have different requirements as well. Such as a game may require 1GB RAM and that's all you have on your machine. When you launch the app then the OS will have to use disk cache to compensate for the demand on RAM. If you've recently installed Vista then it could also be the indexer running to create and maintain it's index. This should clear up in a couple days depending on the speed of the system and it's uptime (I suggest leaving it on overnight the first few days.) Then it will only write when there are changes made to the file system though it won't be as overwhelming as the first few days.
"chaseme5" wrote in message I have had problems with the hard drive never stop running when loading certain programs. It will run for hours without stopping. Very strange and annoying. This happens when I run media center for example. Version Beta 2 Build 5384
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Same problem here...but I don't even have to run a program. Vista starts and the drive chatters constantly. Driving me nuts! Someone HELP!!!!!!
"chaseme5" wrote:

I have had problems with the hard drive never stop running when loading certain programs. It will run for hours without stopping. Very strange and annoying. This happens when I run media center for example. Version Beta 2 Build 5384
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OH I FEEL YOUR PAIN! I have to shut my computer down before bed because i can hear that damn hard drive running all night all day.. I got a bad ass system with ATA drives and dual core.. doesnt matter. Vista is running something on the system that persists.. its not virus or indexer. ive checked all the logs, cant find any task or performance tuning scheduled. its a clean install.
my theory is with RAID.. Vista is not as tolerant when RAID combines multiple drives into one big "C" which Vista sees. it cannot read efficiently so it loops somehow..
"gubus" wrote:

Same problem here...but I don't even have to run a program. Vista starts and the drive chatters constantly. Driving me nuts! Someone HELP!!!!!!
"chaseme5" wrote:
I have had problems with the hard drive never stop running when loading certain programs. It will run for hours without stopping. Very strange and annoying. This happens when I run media center for example. Version Beta 2 Build 5384
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If you go into task manager do you see any processes running? Were you watching Live TV? IF so the time shift recording may still be running? And if it is shift to watching a recoded program and then close MC.
"upstrem" wrote in message

OH I FEEL YOUR PAIN! I have to shut my computer down before bed because i can hear that damn hard drive running all night all day.. I got a bad ass system with ATA drives and dual core.. doesnt matter. Vista is running something on the system that persists.. its not virus or indexer. ive checked all the logs, cant find any task or performance tuning scheduled. its a clean install.
my theory is with RAID.. Vista is not as tolerant when RAID combines multiple drives into one big "C" which Vista sees. it cannot read efficiently so it loops somehow..
"gubus" wrote:
Same problem here...but I don't even have to run a program. Vista starts and the drive chatters constantly. Driving me nuts! Someone HELP!!!!!!
"chaseme5" wrote:
I have had problems with the hard drive never stop running when loading certain programs. It will run for hours without stopping. Very strange and annoying. This happens when I run media center for example. Version Beta 2 Build 5384
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Running raid0 and not seeing this problem...Did for about 24hrs when first built (Jan 31st) but not since...goes to sleep when it is supposed to and that is it...How long have you been running Vista on it ??
Intel Bad Axe D975XBX2 motherboard Intel core2 duo 2.66 gig 4gigs of Kingston HyperX DDR2 800 PNY 7900GS 256mg Video card Twin 160gig Sata drives in a raid0 format 2 DVD burners and 1 rom Thermaltake Armor full tower Dell 24" flat panel Logitech Z 5300E 5.1 system Logitech MX1000 laser mouse Saitek's Eclipse keyboard

"upstrem" wrote in message

OH I FEEL YOUR PAIN! I have to shut my computer down before bed because i can hear that damn hard drive running all night all day.. I got a bad ass system with ATA drives and dual core.. doesnt matter. Vista is running something on the system that persists.. its not virus or indexer. ive checked all the logs, cant find any task or performance tuning scheduled. its a clean install.
my theory is with RAID.. Vista is not as tolerant when RAID combines multiple drives into one big "C" which Vista sees. it cannot read efficiently so it loops somehow..
"gubus" wrote:
Same problem here...but I don't even have to run a program. Vista starts and the drive chatters constantly. Driving me nuts! Someone HELP!!!!!!
"chaseme5" wrote:
I have had problems with the hard drive never stop running when loading certain programs. It will run for hours without stopping. Very strange and annoying. This happens when I run media center for example. Version Beta 2 Build 5384
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The HD run because it is creating the search index, it is indexing the file for a fast search,
Mario
"Drew" wrote:

Running raid0 and not seeing this problem...Did for about 24hrs when first built (Jan 31st) but not since...goes to sleep when it is supposed to and that is it...How long have you been running Vista on it ??
Intel Bad Axe D975XBX2 motherboard Intel core2 duo 2.66 gig 4gigs of Kingston HyperX DDR2 800 PNY 7900GS 256mg Video card Twin 160gig Sata drives in a raid0 format 2 DVD burners and 1 rom Thermaltake Armor full tower Dell 24" flat panel Logitech Z 5300E 5.1 system Logitech MX1000 laser mouse Saitek's Eclipse keyboard

"upstrem" wrote in message OH I FEEL YOUR PAIN! I have to shut my computer down before bed because i can hear that damn hard drive running all night all day.. I got a bad ass system with ATA drives and dual core.. doesnt matter. Vista is running something on the system that persists.. its not virus or indexer. ive checked all the logs, cant find any task or performance tuning scheduled. its a clean install.
my theory is with RAID.. Vista is not as tolerant when RAID combines multiple drives into one big "C" which Vista sees. it cannot read efficiently so it loops somehow..
"gubus" wrote:
Same problem here...but I don't even have to run a program. Vista starts and the drive chatters constantly. Driving me nuts! Someone HELP!!!!!!
"chaseme5" wrote:
I have had problems with the hard drive never stop running when loading certain programs. It will run for hours without stopping. Very strange and annoying. This happens when I run media center for example. Version Beta 2 Build 5384
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