Hard drive usage


  1. digimoto64
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    Hard drive usage


    I had xp to the point where when I was not using the computer my hard drive access light would never flash, 7 does make use of the drive when I am not. Does anyone know what it is doing?
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  3. pparks1
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    Indexing and defragging when the system is not under load. Also prefeteching applications and caching them into RAM so they launch quicker the next time you need them.
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  4. nate42nd
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    You can also open the "resource monitor" and hit the "disk" tab and see for yourself what it's doing. :)

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  6. richc46
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    You may also want to go to task manager. Your computer is scheduled to perform certain tasks when different criteria are met. For example, system image once a day, defrag once a month (I eliminated that one, I will decide when to defrag), etc.
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  7. zigzag3143
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    digimoto64 said:
    I had xp to the point where when I was not using the computer my hard drive access light would never flash, 7 does make use of the drive when I am not. Does anyone know what it is doing?
    Hi and welcome

    Sure win 7 uses memory and cache differently than XP did. More effective. How much ram do you have and are you 32biit or 64? You can also check the cache size in your system control panel.

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  8. digimoto64
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    Thanks


    No idea they had made all these changes to the task manager, thanks for the fast response guys, btw I have 2GB RAM 64bit.
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