Windows 7 problem, need some help

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  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 64-bit
       #1

    Windows 7 problem, need some help


    When I startup windows the hard drive acts like it is really busy, and I'm not even doing anything. This happens even when I'm not connected to the internet, I ran virus scan and found tracking cookies which I deleted, then I ran SpywareTerminator, found one critical object in startup, openned masconfig and disabled it and restarted, with the same results. I alos ran a free reg scan and it found 5500 errors, but I could fix or clean them because I have to buy it, and I have no money. So any help would be great.
    I'm running windows 7 home premium 64-bit
    Thank you anyone and everyone
    Heath
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  2. Posts : 4,466
    Windows 10 Education 64 bit
       #2

    I wouldn't get too bent out of shape about the 5500 registry errors. A lot of those free scans exaggerate the errors found to suck you into buying the paid version. And when you do they are more likely to cause more problems than fix the bogus ones they listed.
    As for the hard drive use, it may be the indexing service or something similar that is causing it. You may have to look at what processes or services are running to figure it out. If it is the indexing service it will eventually slow down once it has indexed most of the files on the hard drive.
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  3. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #3

    As far as your drive activity is concerned, it sounds like its indexing... this is normal and should settle down eventually...
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  4. Posts : 6,349
    Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
       #4

    +1 for Alpha and Tews.
    Indexing, antivirus and update checks kicking in.
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  5. Posts : 2,963
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
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    Since it is when you first start up windows it could be your startup items and various windows services starting. Superfetch should help in that area overtime but otherwise it is pretty normal for there to be hard drive activity when you first startup windows which dies down once it has been running for a few minutes.
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  6. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Thank you all for the replies.
    The hard drive has been running hard for about 4hours now, How long does the indexing last?
    thanks
    Heath
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  7. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #7

    It all depends on how big the drive is...
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  8. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    the hd is 218GB's...just want to make sure there is nothing wrong I spend a lot of time in front of my computer. It acts slow sometime too is that normal during indexing?
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  9. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #9

    If i were you, i'd turn off superfetch and indexing to test.

    Disable Windows 7 SuperFetch

    Speed Up or Disable Windows Search Indexing in Vista - How-To Geek

    And what AV are you using? I've never had one that consumed CPU at startup other than Symantec. Turn off any startup scans, you should be able to locate that setting in the AV config window.

    If any of this helps, you're on your way. Otherwise, you need to look elsewhere.
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  10. Posts : 2,963
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
       #10

    The best way to figure out what is using your hard drive is to open resource monitor. You can either type resoruce monitor into the start menu search box and press enter, or open task manager (ctrl+shift+esc), go to the performance tab and press the resource monitor button. Once resource montor is open you can go to the disk tab and you can see what is using your hard drive. The other tabs can provide information on RAM and CPU usage as well.
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