Re: Disk performance

[Jim Steil <steil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use a tool called Startup Delayer (free) that allows you to delay the 
startup of all of the stuff that starts up when your PC does.  The link is:

http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay

   -Jim

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> When I first fire up my laptop it takes quite awhile to start.  I have the 
> usual virus stuff that starts and what not.  My startup group fires up one 
> browser session, a notepad session and the Sametime Connect client.  After 
> logging in to windows I go get my cup of coffee, stop and read a coworkers 
> calendar of the day on his desk, exchange the usual pleasantries and head 
> back to my desk.  A few minutes later (with time to check voice mail, etc) 
> it's done.  During this time the disk drive light is on constant.  I fire 
> up task manager and CPU percentage and memory percentage is insignificant. 
>  Soon as that disk drive light slows down they shoot up.
>
> How can I tell what is thrashing the disk?  If I could tell it was this or 
> that I might remove it from startup.  Be really bizarre to find out there 
> was something like "let's fire off the network backup when you first 
> connect" or "virus pattern file on the server is newer than what you have 
> on your PC, we're going to update you and scan your whole disk before we 
> let you connect".  (There was talk of initiating something like the 
> second.)
>
> Rob Berendt
>