Windows Disk-scratching

Hi,

I've had Windows Vista Business for a while now and one thing that annoys me is the constant scratching of my hard disk even on times when it doesn't seem necessary.

At first I thought this was because it had performed an upgrade from Win XP, but after a clean install earlier this week the same thing happens.

There are of course times (like now) when my hard disk is quiet, but I really want to reduce this scratching.

My setup :

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ AM2
MSI K9N platinum mobo
WD raptor 36GB for OS
Other 250GB HDD for storage
2GB Twinx DD2 matched RAM

here's a screencap I took

 

Mine does it too, I think part of it maybe to do with search indexing.

 

Aye, it's probably either the search indexer or superfetch.
If you expand the file column we might be able to tell you.

 

Drive thrashing. You really confused me there.

There's an MS application in XP that logs which files are being read/written in real time, I assume Vista has similar. It's handy when you see unexpected activity.

 

So I guess I'm going to have to learn to live with it.

thanks anyways

 

I think it's to do with the indexing. I know that when you install Vista it's a little slow with your frequently used apps, then after some indexing it gets much faster