High HDD Activity after Startup

Gideon_CC wrote:
> Well, do you have this 2-3 mins of constant HDD activity after startup?
>
>
> "Charlie Tame" wrote:
>
>> Maybe not, but it certainly has been a problem on a couple of machines
>> here - and it's not a real difficult one to eliminate and reinstall.
>>
>>
>> Gideon_CC wrote:
>>> It isn't Windows Defender that is the problem.
>>> It is more about the Prefetching or the other processes are.
>>>
>>> Do you have this 2-3 min hard disk activity after startup.
>>>
>>> "Charlie Tame" wrote:


I never turn any of my machines off unless I have to, however since most
people not using them for work do tend to treat them like the TV set
this nonsense is sure to be a nuisance to many people.

I can download from the internet much faster than my disk drive can fill
a gigabyte of ram? That sound realistic to anybody? I don't think so.

I have exactly the same problem, but it takes around 5-6 minutes (!!) after
logging in until i get a usable desktop. As for Gideon_CC, it turned out that
windows defender and the superfetch service are causing the hdd activity. My
notebook is 2 month old, core2duo 2.0GHz, 2GB Ram and a 5600 RPM Harddisk.
Still not enough for Vista (Business)??? At this point, I got to mention that
this is my company notebook, that's why I have a lot of data and programs on
it (around 100 GB of 160 GB).

I have disabled those 2 services by now, but would like re-enable them.
Anyone got rid of that problem? I can't and won't wait 7 minutes (complete
boot time) until i can start working.



"Gideon_CC" wrote:

> After testing each of those services, I have found it to be:
>
> Superfetch
> Windows Defender
>
> The above two processes are the cause for the 2-3 min constant HDD activity
> after startup. I have them enabled again but not sure why it is doing this
> every startup. Does anyone else get this?
>
> "Gideon_CC" wrote:
>
> > Well, do you have this 2-3 mins of constant HDD activity after startup?
> >
> >
> > "Charlie Tame" wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe not, but it certainly has been a problem on a couple of machines
> > > here - and it's not a real difficult one to eliminate and reinstall.
> > >
> > >
> > > Gideon_CC wrote:
> > > > It isn't Windows Defender that is the problem.
> > > > It is more about the Prefetching or the other processes are.
> > > >
> > > > Do you have this 2-3 min hard disk activity after startup.
> > > >
> > > > "Charlie Tame" wrote:
> > >