need help: Too much hard disk usage

-Mr.Fridge · Feb 11, 2009, 04:56 AM

Hello all!

I need help, I have recently bought an HP Pavilion dv4-1220us Laptop.
After using it alot, I have found that it get stuck every few minutes because of too much HD usage. I tried Uninstalling alot of programs that came with the pc but it seems that it doesn't help.
I am using Vista Home Premium and just can't find the reason for that.
Tried Defrag and Error check by Windows and no results so far...

If anyone had a similar problem or knows how to fix this, PLEASE let me know, it drives me crazy!

Thanks alot!

[hobo]eclipse · Feb 11, 2009, 06:27 AM

both the search function and the superfetch service have both caused, in my experiance with my desktop, alot of hdd chatter. especially after reboot.

are you at all familiar on how to disable and re-enable these features?

nicnik · Feb 13, 2009, 09:34 PM

System restore/shadow copy/indexing service causes considerable amount of hdd activity, but only mainly when idle. If the HDD usage is really driving you crazy then you can disable them, lower volume shadow copy size. Without knowing what's preinstalled on your laptop and being unfamilar with HP, that's all i can say.

-Mr.Fridge · Feb 19, 2009, 05:44 AM

Thanks guys!
It all helpd.

I have found out that the software MediaSmart that came with the Laptop by HP is using WAY too much HDD and RAM, so, first I uninstalled them. Second, I searched google for "Vista 64 services" and found a nice site that gives three options for any PC with Vista:
Safe, Tweaked, and Barebone. changing the setting on my PC to SAFE made the HDD use to stop almost completely. strongly advise other with proplems the same to go there and check it

Thank you all for the help!

Feb 11, 2009, 04:56 AM	#1
-Mr.Fridge DriverHeaven's Fridge Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Israel Posts: 174 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	need help: Too much hard disk usage Hello all! I need help, I have recently bought an HP Pavilion dv4-1220us Laptop. After using it alot, I have found that it get stuck every few minutes because of too much HD usage. I tried Uninstalling alot of programs that came with the pc but it seems that it doesn't help. I am using Vista Home Premium and just can't find the reason for that. Tried Defrag and Error check by Windows and no results so far... If anyone had a similar problem or knows how to fix this, PLEASE let me know, it drives me crazy! Thanks alot! __________________ ...:::I'll tell you something: If you'r a Fridge, don't be surprised that it's ALLWAYS winter:::...

Feb 11, 2009, 06:27 AM	#2
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,907 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Re: need help: Too much hard disk usage both the search function and the superfetch service have both caused, in my experiance with my desktop, alot of hdd chatter. especially after reboot. are you at all familiar on how to disable and re-enable these features?

Feb 13, 2009, 09:34 PM	#3
nicnik In the Land of Snow Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 569 Rep Power: 46 System Specs	Re: need help: Too much hard disk usage System restore/shadow copy/indexing service causes considerable amount of hdd activity, but only mainly when idle. If the HDD usage is really driving you crazy then you can disable them, lower volume shadow copy size. Without knowing what's preinstalled on your laptop and being unfamilar with HP, that's all i can say. __________________ Follow Me on Twitter Battlefield 3 \| youtube \| TwitchTV

Feb 19, 2009, 05:44 AM	Thread Starter #4
-Mr.Fridge DriverHeaven's Fridge Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Israel Posts: 174 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: need help: Too much hard disk usage Thanks guys! It all helpd. I have found out that the software MediaSmart that came with the Laptop by HP is using WAY too much HDD and RAM, so, first I uninstalled them. Second, I searched google for "Vista 64 services" and found a nice site that gives three options for any PC with Vista: Safe, Tweaked, and Barebone. changing the setting on my PC to SAFE made the HDD use to stop almost completely. strongly advise other with proplems the same to go there and check it Thank you all for the help! __________________ ...:::I'll tell you something: If you'r a Fridge, don't be surprised that it's ALLWAYS winter:::...