Strange Disk Activity

[OEM]

Hello,

Was wondering if some one knows what all this disk activity is usually at the end of the day when the system is idle. It's not disk defrag, defender, or any other type of scan. It sounds like when a disk defrag is running only quieter. It's constant and can run for over an hour, yet usually its not enough activity to light the hd activity light. According to the performance monitor it's almost always writing with next to no reading, which sounds strange because if its not reading from anywhere, whats it writing? Also note this is when the pc is not connected to the network. I run ccleaner a few times a day and always at the end of the day, yet many entries in the performance monitor show files relating to internet use.
Any idea's whats going on here?

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[Uber Philf]

Hmm, mine does that every now and then, and eventually stops and sits in idle.. I'm wasn't sure what it was at first, but i found out its my diskeeper doing its automatic defragmentation..

If you have this program that may be the case..

Enzo.

 

[jfar]

It might be just doing Indexing.

 

[Uber Philf]

True that, never thought of that, good thinking Jfar, but then again, ive disabled my indexing..

Enzo.

 

[OEM]

I thought about indexing too, but what could it be indexing relating to internet cache. All of that should be deleted. When I look at per. mon. things like history, temp internet, and cookies are always at the top. Thats with having it display items with the most activity at the top.

Just took a look at the index ui, and it has indexed a lot more in the last couple of days. When I last checked it was around 450 items, now its at over 6,200.

I'll turn it off and see what happens.
Thanks for the help.

 

[Uber Philf]

That should free up some memory while its at it, mind if i ask but, which way do you plan on turning off the indexer?

Enzo.

 

[OEM]

That should free up some memory while its at it, mind if i ask but, which way do you plan on turning off the indexer?

Enzo.

Looking for that as we speak in services.

 

[swarfega]

Dont forget its called Windows Search in Windows 7.

 

[Uber Philf]

Bum-Bow, you should be doing it the proper way..

Control panel, programs, programs and features, and turn windows features on or off, and turn it off from there, gets rid of it completely.

Enzo.

 

[OEM]

Dont forget its called Windows Search in Windows 7.

Thats all I see in services as well. It desciption is:
Provides content indexing, property caching, and search results for files, e-mail, and other content.

 

[jfar]

Try here,

 

[OEM]

Bum-Bow, you should be doing it the proper way..

Control panel, programs, programs and features, and turn windows features on or off, and turn it off from there, gets rid of it completely.

Enzo.

I didn't turn it off in services yet, however when I look at programs and features, its already unchecked?

Its the second item down, "Indexing service".

 

[Uber Philf]

yes, now restart, and your all set

Enzo.

 

[OEM]

Should I turn off "windows search" from windows features?

 

[Uber Philf]

Yes, thats also part of the indexer.

Enzo.

 

[garysgold]

Its the second item down, "Indexing service".

If you hover the mouse pointer over the indexing service in programs and features you'll see this is an older service from previous versions of windows, not the present service. Windows search is the present service.

Gary

 

[eVox]

Yeah, looks like Indexing to me.

 

[OEM]

If you hover the mouse pointer over the indexing service in programs and features you'll see this is an older service from previous versions of windows, not the present service. Windows search is the present service.

Gary

Thank Gary,
Unchecked windows search and restarted, as expected it removes all search ability as well. Can't help but feel thats a big step backward as I use the search. Probably why ms combines the 2.
I've turned it back on and will just remove all the items I can from the index ui.

 

[OEM]

Yes, thats also part of the indexer.

Enzo.

Yeah, looks like Indexing to me.

Thanks guys, and Welcome to the forum eVox.

 

[garysgold]

Yes, I was afraid that might be the result. Removing stuff from the CP is probably the best way.

Gary

Welcome to the forum, eVox.