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11.27.2008 at 10:31AM PST, ID: 23940854
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Vista: Hard Drive Runs Constantly

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Microsoft, Vista Ultimate 64 bit, Sony Vaio

When I startup ,my computer, the HD runs constantly. When I check the Reliability and Performance screen within Vista (taskmanager), it shows several WoW files like common.mpq, patch.mpq, expansion.mpq, etc,  showing as reading the HD. This is slowing down my PC response time.

I dont know much about Vista so I dont understand why the HD is constantly being accessed when I dont even have anything open. The Image name for these files shows as svchost.exe and the files show like c:\\program files (x86)\WorldofWarcraft\data\Patch.mpq.

The HDD will stop reading about 2 minutes after I am in the world of warcrat game.

Any thoughts on why this would be happening?
Answered By: garycase
Expert Since: 01/10/2004
Accepted Solutions: 4934
Computer Expertise: Guru
garycase has been an Expert for 4 years 12 months, during which he has posted 19709 comments and answered 4934 questions. garycase is just one of 3894 experts in the Windows Vista Zone. 1 expert collaborated on this answer, which was graded an "A" by the asker.
 
 
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