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Old 17-02-2008, 06:33 PM
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i have vista and the first day i bought my comp i noticed the hard drive indecator light would flash all the time .... in task manager i am using 1 cpu or less with my avast virus scanner and it always does this any ideas?
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Old 17-02-2008, 09:03 PM
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It's because Vista is indexing all your files for faster searching, it should settle down.

If it doesn't you can turn of the indexing services.
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thank you ... how would faster searching affect me... like searching through files or actualy opening them?
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ok i disabled it and im still haveing that problem
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There are about 3 services you need to disable.
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thank you .... and i tried to defrag but half way through i get a bsod?
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If it's a new install you don't need to defrag, just turn off the search and spyware win defender services.
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yeah ima keep the spyware stuff on XD i download alot also ... i just got a defrag done i had 30 gb left on my comp and when it was done i had 49 gb is that possible to gain 20 gb from a defrag?
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You dont gain space by defragging, it only moves files around so they can be accessed quicker.
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