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win 7 power save mode, constant hdd activity

  • 15-06-2011 3:24pm
    #1
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭


    bit of a strange one ive started to notice with my pc,

    if i leave the pc for a while, it goes into power save mode, (monitor turns off etc) and the user account gets locked until either the mouse or keyboard are moved, and then i enter my password..

    usual win 7 standard setup..

    however, once the power save mode activates, my hdd's go nuts!
    its like constant writing/reading to the disks and its bugging me.

    any ideas why?


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  • #2
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    ok, went through all my system processes, and it turns out this is the windows indexing feature.

    i went to services.msc, stopped the "windows search" service,
    and disabled it from starting..

    the problem has since stopped, as windows 7 no longer indexes my files for quick searching.


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