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Continual Disk Activity & major slowdown
Hey Guys,
This is my first post & I am having real trouble with my media workstation.
I've had the computer for about a year, a custom build...it's been working fine, then all of a sudden the problem started & now I'm suffering serious lag & slow down even with the most simple tasks (like clicking on the start icon) the HDD light is on continually & I can hear the drive clicking away. It never stops. (Starts when the windows loading screen comes on)
Boot time is also incredibly slow around 10 minutes to boot up.
I've just done a clean install of Windows 7 pro x 64 and the problem still persists...no other software installed other than my graphics & sound card drivers.
The workstation isn't connected to the net I use a laptop for all that/this.
On Task Manager my CPU is 0% & my Memory 6% which is fine....but my Disk activity is going crazy!
Serious peaks as a constant all on my C: drive.
The drive is a Seagate Barracuda 500gb 7,200 SATA II.
The programs causing this are mostly with-in "System" & SVChost" processes on the HDD.
For example:
Windows service profile
RtBackup
NTFS free space map
NTFS master file table
Winevt logs
I have read many threads about these type of problems but with never any clarification.
Can any one add any wisdom & help?
I've got a ton of work to do...and I cant even open control panel under 1 minute right now.
Any help much appreciated!!
Cheers.
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Update--
I've turned off Disk indexing & I tried turning off Search...Search did'nt help so I put it back on. Disk Indexing hasn't helped either...I thought that would be a no brainer for this type of problem...but alas, no.
Last edited by theory of nine; 12 Jan 2012 at 19:26. Reason: Just wanted to add...