Hard Drive Access

challerain · 09-03-2007, 04:18 PM

I did a quick search and didn't see this anywhere; I apologize if this old.

I recently noticed that my hard drive was being accessed a lot so I downloaded process monitor. According to this program, OOTP is accessing my hard drive every 30 seconds or so even when I am not playing the game.

Is there any reason that this should be happening?

RchW · 09-03-2007, 05:04 PM

Try turning off auto file scan in your AV. Not sure if this is the whole problem but worth a try.

Comedian2004 · 09-03-2007, 06:25 PM

Right click on the OOTP data folder and REMOVE the check mark INDEX folders.. also, if you are using Google Desktop, or other type programs.. have them exclude that area of the hard drive... unless you want to include them in the searches

Nutlaw · 09-08-2007, 10:27 AM

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09-03-2007, 04:18 PM	#1
challerain Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1	Hard Drive Access I did a quick search and didn't see this anywhere; I apologize if this old. I recently noticed that my hard drive was being accessed a lot so I downloaded process monitor. According to this program, OOTP is accessing my hard drive every 30 seconds or so even when I am not playing the game. Is there any reason that this should be happening?

09-03-2007, 05:04 PM	#2
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09-03-2007, 06:25 PM	#3
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09-08-2007, 10:27 AM	#4
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	As this thread has gone more than three days without a reply, it will now be closed for housekeeping reasons. If you need any further assistance with this issue, please post in Tech Support along with a link to this thread. Thanks.