Digital BW, The Print

Hi Seth,
this is a quote from the Vista Help files:

>Can I turn the Windows search index on or off?
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>No, but if you have Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed, you can pause the index for 15 minutes at a time. For more information about installing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), see Learn how to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).
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>The Windows search index improves the efficiency of your searches by keeping track of file names and important file properties for most of the files stored on your computer. The index is what makes it possible for searches to take just a few seconds instead of several minutes. The index is always on, unless you pause it, because it is essential for fast searches.
>
>When the index is running, it generally won't affect your computer's performance. When you make changes to files, however, the index quickly updates those changes, momentarily putting a small additional load on your computer's resources. 


Richard


At 03:15 a.m. Saturday 27/06/2009, you wrote:
>Change your AV schedule to manual (but, remember to do so.)
>Turn off the indexing, at least on the external.
>Also, Photoshop scratch on a USB drive is REALLY slowing you 
>down--partition or not.
>Seth
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>Posted by: "Richard Smallfield" <mailto:r.smallfield%40paradise.net.nz>r.smallfield@...
><mailto:r.smallfield@...?Subject=%20Re%3AHard%20Drive%20Activity>
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>Contrary to logic, my computer slows down when I have an external 750GB 
>archived images hard drive switched on. (The disc also has a scratch 
>partition for Photoshop. I use a laptop - but otherwise, funds 
>permitting, would have a RAID scratch array.)
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