Drive Latency

[1ITconsultant]

Recently upgraded netbook DIMM from 1Gb to 2. Also adjusted the pagefile to 2Gb and checked MSConfig. The latency has reduced but not nearly as much as expected. Never had a solid state drive [15Gb] and so I write to inquire if any additional steps can be taken to reduce the hard drive activity

 

[BadBigBen]

steps can be taken to reduce the hard drive activity

1. Turn off indexing...

2. turn off boot defrag...


Ben
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[tf1]

There are some built-in tools so that you can monitor what may be thrashing your disk. It should not be thrashing continuously once the system has settled.

As BBB says, Indexing may be party of the problem. After a fresh install of Windows, apps and data, it may take several hours for the index to finish building. If you rely on search, it may be worth waiting for it to finish. Definitely kill Defrag: it's a waste of time, resources and causes unnecessary hardware wear.

Anyway, open up the Resource Monitor and plot the disk activity to see if you can work out what is the main offender. It may just be a combination of initial indexing and initial AV scan that will stop after running to completion.


Regards: Terry