More seriously, I hope it lasts. I'm a tad worried by some Vista behavior, though. Windows Search (indexing service) and SuperFetch are grinding away at the drive 24/7. They also eat RAM.
I have enough memory that the RAM use isn't an issue; shoot, I have far more free RAM than my previous PC had installed RAM! But I can't help but wonder about HD health. Online "experts" opine everything from "Ah, you don't need those services! Shut 'em down!" to "Don't complain to me when you shut those down and Vista horks." The first bunch offer conflicting advice, too: "Set the value of this registry key to 0." "No, set it to 2." "No, 0 is right, but you have the wrong key." "Bah, who needs keys? Just use services.msc."
Gah. I just want the drive to last a few years. If it does that, I don't care about indexing one way or the other.
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More seriously, I hope it lasts. I'm a tad worried by some Vista behavior, though. Windows Search (indexing service) and SuperFetch are grinding away at the drive 24/7. They also eat RAM.
I have enough memory that the RAM use isn't an issue; shoot, I have far more free RAM than my previous PC had installed RAM! But I can't help but wonder about HD health. Online "experts" opine everything from "Ah, you don't need those services! Shut 'em down!" to "Don't complain to me when you shut those down and Vista horks." The first bunch offer conflicting advice, too: "Set the value of this registry key to 0." "No, set it to 2." "No, 0 is right, but you have the wrong key." "Bah, who needs keys? Just use services.msc."
Gah. I just want the drive to last a few years. If it does that, I don't care about indexing one way or the other.