Vista: what is it doing with my drives?

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Yesterday I did a clean install of Vista. All has gone well with one exception. I have four hard drives and for some reason they are starting and stopping every few minutes. Why? What is Vista doing? How can I stop it?

Plus, when using some programs, there's a pause while the drives start up. All very annoying  :( 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Eventually got it sorted. It is Vista trying to save power...

Control Panel > Power Options > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Hard disk > Turn hard disk off after > Setting: 20mins (changed that to 9999).

All is well once more  :D 

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Vista is coded to think you are stupid.

Takes 8 minutes for mine to finish chugging away for it to be truly booted.Lame. :( 
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A clean install of vista is very frustrating. The install doesn't take long, but it takes days to get everything adjusted so it functions as an O/S...
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My migration to Vista was very difficult. I have found a lot of problems that was absent in Windows XP. More than I was in one step from refusing this OS and returning back to XP!

However I finally found the way how to compel it work for me:

1. This is a link to the web page with the necessary tweaks that you need to apply after Vista installing: WWW Link.

2. Then I have bought and installed TuneUp Utilities 2008 that I use together with Stardock Tweak Vista to adjust my PC: WWW Link.

3. And at last I have installed Vista SP1 RTM: WWW Link.

The results: Vista works very quickly and correctly now as well as all installed Strdock programs. And I already love this OS.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My computer still flashes often. :( I hate how vista keeps hard drive busy. I turned off superfetch, indexing, etc yet it still stays busy.