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== Hard Disk Churn ==
Vista has an annoying habit of constantly churning the hard disk. To address this:
* Turn off disk indexing
* Turn off system restore points
See [http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/04/how-to-kill-windows-vista-bottlenecks-pt-ii-stop-the-disk-churning/ this article] for more.
Some [http://www.computerforum.com/163461-hard-drives-constantly-churning-how-can-i-get-them-just-stop-already.html#post1355472 other services you may want to disable].
== See Also ==
[http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-ways-to-clean-up-your-pc-294189.php Tools for cleaning up Windows installations.]
[http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-ways-to-clean-up-your-pc-294189.php Tools for cleaning up Windows installations.]

Revision as of 03:30, 25 November 2012

Hard Disk Churn

Vista has an annoying habit of constantly churning the hard disk. To address this:

  • Turn off disk indexing
  • Turn off system restore points

See this article for more.

Some other services you may want to disable.

See Also

Tools for cleaning up Windows installations.