Hard disk goes crazy

[hector]

Hi!

I would really appreciate it if anyone could offer an explanation or a way of discovering why my computer's hard disk goes mad for about three minutes post-boot up on an nLited XP disc?

In Windows Task Manager the 'System Idle Process' is at 98% CPU usage or thereabouts and remains there during and after the blitz.

I could post my INI boot config file?

Thanks!

[dexter.inside]

possible causes can be:

1) massive registry, event log and system files fragmentation

2) antivirus that does a complete check of all files accessed pending boot

3) some service that hangs or is being delay-started

[hector]

hmmm...there's no virus scan running, because that was disabled. Registry shouldn't be fragmented (it's just been installed!).

I'm posting my nlite config file. Any help would be welcomed!

Can also post Windows task manager if that would help?

[Main]
Env = 1.3 - 2.0.50727.42.Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
Target = Windows XP Professional SP:2 - 5.1.2600.2180 - English (United States)

[Tasks]
Remove Components
Unattended Setup
Integrate Drivers
Hotfixes and Update Packs
Tweaks
Create a Bootable ISO
Options

[Components]
;# Applications #
Briefcase
Pinball
;# Drivers #
Logitech WingMan
Microsoft SideWinder
;# Keyboards #
Albanian keyboard
Arabic (101) keyboard
Arabic (102) AZERTY keyboard
Arabic (102) keyboard
Armenian Eastern keyboard
Armenian Western keyboard
Azeri Cyrillic keyboard
Azeri Latin keyboard
Belarusian keyboard
Belgian (Comma) keyboard
Belgian (Period) keyboard
Belgian French keyboard
Bengali (Inscript) keyboard
Bengali keyboard
Bosnian keyboard
Bulgarian (Latin) keyboard
Bulgarian keyboard
Canadian French (Legacy) keyboard
Canadian French keyboard
Canadian Multilingual Standard keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0 keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - NeiMa keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - QuanPin keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - ShuangPin keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - US Keyboard keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - ZhengMa keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Alphanumeric keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Array keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Big5 Code keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - ChangJie keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - DaYi keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - New ChangJie keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - New Phonetic keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Phonetic keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Quick keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Unicode keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - US Keyboard keyboard
Croatian keyboard
Czech (QWERTY) keyboard
Czech keyboard
Czech Programmers keyboard
hectorish keyboard
Devanagari - INSCRIPT keyboard
Divehi Phonetic keyboard
Divehi Typewriter keyboard
Dutch keyboard
Estonian keyboard
Faeroese keyboard
Farsi keyboard
Finnish keyboard
Finnish with Sami keyboard
French keyboard
FYRO Macedonian keyboard
Gaelic keyboard
Georgian keyboard
German (IBM) keyboard
German keyboard
Greek (220) keyboard
Greek (220) Latin keyboard
Greek (319) keyboard
Greek (319) Latin keyboard
Greek keyboard
Greek Latin keyboard
Greek Polytonic keyboard
Gujarati keyboard
Hebrew keyboard
Hindi Traditional keyboard
Hungarian 101-key keyboard
Hungarian keyboard
Icelandic keyboard
Irish keyboard
Italian (142) keyboard
Italian keyboard
Japanese Input System (MS-IME2002) keyboard
Japanese keyboard
Kannada keyboard
Kazakh keyboard
Korean Input System (IME 2000) keyboard
Korean keyboard
Kyrgyz Cyrillic keyboard
Latin American keyboard
Latvian (QWERTY) keyboard
Latvian keyboard
Lithuanian IBM keyboard
Lithuanian keyboard
Malayalam keyboard
Maltese 47-key keyboard
Maltese 48-key keyboard
Maori keyboard
Marathi keyboard
Mongolian Cyrillic keyboard
Norwegian keyboard
Norwegian with Sami keyboard
Polish (214) keyboard
Polish (Programmers) keyboard
Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT) keyboard
Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT2) keyboard
Portuguese keyboard
Punjabi keyboard
Romanian keyboard
Russian (Typewriter) keyboard
Russian keyboard
Sami Extended Finland-Sweden keyboard
Sami Extended Norway keyboard
Serbian (Cyrillic) keyboard
Serbian (Latin) keyboard
Slovak (QWERTY) keyboard
Slovak keyboard
Slovenian keyboard
Spanish keyboard
Spanish Variation keyboard
Swedish keyboard
Swedish with Sami keyboard
Swiss French keyboard
Swiss German keyboard
Syriac keyboard
Syriac Phonetic keyboard
Tamil keyboard
Tatar keyboard
Telugu keyboard
Thai Kedmanee (non-ShiftLock) keyboard
Thai Kedmanee keyboard
Thai Pattachote (non-ShiftLock) keyboard
Thai Pattachote keyboard
Turkish F keyboard
Turkish Q keyboard
Ukrainian keyboard
United States-Dvorak for left hand keyboard
United States-Dvorak for right hand keyboard
United States-Dvorak keyboard
Urdu keyboard
US English Table for IBM Arabic 238_L keyboard
Uzbek Cyrillic keyboard
Vietnamese keyboard
;# Languages #
;Arabic
Arabic (Algeria)
Arabic (Bahrain)
Arabic (Egypt)
Arabic (Iraq)
Arabic (Jorhector)
Arabic (Kuwait)
Arabic (Lebanon)
Arabic (Libya)
Arabic (Morocco)
Arabic (Oman)
Arabic (Qatar)
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
Arabic (Syria)
Arabic (Tunisia)
Arabic (U.A.E.)
Arabic (Yemen)
Divehi (Maldives)
Syriac (Syria)
Urdu
;Armenian
Armenian
;Baltic
Estonian
Latvian
Lithuanian
;Central Europe
Albanian
Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Croatian
Croatian (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Czech
Hungarian
Polish
Romanian
Serbian (Latin)
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Slovak
Slovenian
;Cyrillic
Azeri (Cyrillic)
Belarusian
Bulgarian
FYRO Macedonian
Kazakh
Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan)
Mongolian (Mongolia)
Russian
Serbian (Cyrillic)
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Tatar
Ukrainian
Uzbek (Cyrillic)
;Georgian
Georgian
;Greek
Greek
;Hebrew
Hebrew
;Indic
Bengali (India)
Gujarati (India)
Hindi
Kannada (India)
Konkani
Malayalam (India)
Marathi
Punjabi (India)
Sanskrit
Tamil
Telugu (India)
;Japanese
Japanese
;Korean
Korean
;Simplified Chinese
Chinese (PRC)
Chinese (Singapore)
;Thai
Farsi
Thai
;Traditional Chinese
Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.)
Chinese (Macau S.A.R.)
Chinese (Taiwan)
;Turkic
Azeri (Latin)
Turkish
Uzbek (Latin)
;Vietnamese
Vietnamese
;# Multimedia #
Windows Sounds
;# Network #
MSN Explorer
Windows Messenger
;# Services #
Messenger
;# Compatibility #
Compat01
Compat02
Compat03
Compat04
Compat06
Compat11
Compat14

[KeepFiles]
msconfig.exe

[RemoveFiles]
clock.avi
yahoo.bmp
swtchbrd.bmp

[Options]
ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings"
TargetPath = "WINDOWS"
temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp

[Patches]
TcpIp = 20
UsbPoll = 250
DoUxTheme
DoSFC

[Services2]

[Tweaks]
Desktop-My Network Places icon-Hide
Explorer-Add 'Command Prompt' to folder context menu
Explorer-Advanced Search: preconfigure options
Explorer-Classic Control Panel
Explorer-Disable Prefix: Shortcut to
Explorer-Disable Search Assistant
Explorer-Disable shortcut arrow
Explorer-Show Statusbar in all windows
Explorer-Show the full path in the Address Bar
Internet Explorer-Set Homepage-www.google.com
Internet Explorer-Set popup-blocker to high
Network-Disable Simple File Sharing
Privacy-Remove Alexa
Security-Always show Updates under Software
Start Menu-Add Administrative Tools menu
Start Menu-Clear most recently opened documents list on logoff
Start Menu-Control Panel-Display as a menu
Start Menu-Remove Search For People from Search
Start Menu-Remove Search the Internet from Search
Start Menu-Remove Set Program Access and Defaults
Taskbar-Disable Group similar Taskbar buttons
Windows Media Player-Disable MRU

[Unattended]
ComputerType = Default
OOBEOff
CustomLocales
Resolution = 1024x768
MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12
RestorePointLife = 30
DesktopTheme = Luna Royale|Luna Royale|Normal
IISInstall = 2
AutoUpdates = 2
AutoUDay = 5
AutoUHour = 15
AUElevate
ProgFilesPath = "\Program Files"

[DesktopThemes]
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\themes\Luna Royale\Themes\Windows XP Luna Royale.Theme

[NetAdapter1]
connname = ""
macaddress = ""
ipaddress = "192.168.0.1"
subnetmask = "255.255.255.0"
defaultgateway = ""
dnsserver1 = ""
dnsserver2 = ""
winsserver = ""
netbiossetting = "0"
ipxnetworknumber = "00000000"
ipxnetworkframetype = "0xFF"

[GuiRunOnce]

[Drivers]
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\Drivers\WUSB54Gv2\WUSB54GV2.inf,0
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\Drivers\WUSB54Gv1\WUSB54G.inf,0
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\Drivers\Audio\WinNT4\Oemsetup.inf,0
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\Drivers\Audio\wdm\Alcxwdm0.inf,0
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\Drivers\lan\WINXP\NETRTS5.INF,0
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\Drivers\mainbrd\IDEWinXP\VIAIDEXP.INF,0
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\Drivers\mainbrd\Inf\WINXP\VIAMACH.INF,0
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\Drivers\mainbrd\WinXP\VIAAGP1.INF,0
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\Drivers\Vga\Win2K&XP\ps5333.inf,0
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\Drivers\Canon\Drv2KXP\mp150pr.inf,0

[Hotfixes]
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\dnframework.cab
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\Foxy_7-Zip_4.42_Addon_v1.0.cab
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\adobereader708.cab
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\AVG_FreeAntivirus.rar
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\WMP11.rar
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\Firefox.rar
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\Xable_HashTab_32bit_v1.11_addon.cab
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\iTunes.rar
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\NR_IE7en_Addon_1.0.3a.wr.7z
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\ProgramAddons_K-Lite_Codec_Pack_Mega_1.71.cab
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\ProgramAddons_VLC_0.8.6a.cab
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\RVMAddonsDX9_1.3.7z
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\RVMAddons_1.8.1.7z
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\RVMUpdatePack2.1.9.7z
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\Startup_Monitor.rar
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\SysInternals_AddOn_3.3.cab
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\Juzman_Addon_TaskSwitchXP_v2.0.11.cab
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\uTorrent.rar
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\Windows_Live.rar
C:\Documents and Settings\hector\Desktop\New XP Disc\addons\XPize46Full.exe

[DonDamm]

First thing - turn off indexing on that disk. Right click on the disk icon in Explorer and choose Properties. then uncheck the box at the bottom where it says, "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file seaching". That may not be the onoly thing, but it is one of them.

Second, if you are using Sysmantec AV Corp, the newer versions of that have an automatic scan on start up. If you have that, you can delete it. It's a good idea in a business, but a pain at home. [edit: I see you have AVG.]

Third, update to Adobe Reader 8 and you might consider the lite edition.

Fourth, put your pagefile on another partition, or even another disk.

I don't see anything right off the bat which might cause that kind of thrashing and I don't think it has to do directly with nLite itself. I see you've got AVG, so I'd check for a start up scan of some kind. Also, check what services are starting up with your Startup Monitor. You may find the culprit there.

[newsposter]

sysinternals.com page defrag

And yes, a 'freshly installed' system will have reg fragmentation. Lots of it.

[rehbar]

Reinstall Os and use WinXP manager and customize your xp and defragment your registry by using it's tweeks.

[newsposter]

defragment your registry by using it's tweeks.

???

[hector]

First thing - turn off indexing on that disk. Right click on the disk icon in Explorer and choose Properties. then uncheck the box at the bottom where it says, "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file seaching". That may not be the onoly thing, but it is one of them.

Second, if you are using Sysmantec AV Corp, the newer versions of that have an automatic scan on start up. If you have that, you can delete it. It's a good idea in a business, but a pain at home. [edit: I see you have AVG.]

Third, update to Adobe Reader 8 and you might consider the lite edition.

Fourth, put your pagefile on another partition, or even another disk.

I don't see anything right off the bat which might cause that kind of thrashing and I don't think it has to do directly with nLite itself. I see you've got AVG, so I'd check for a start up scan of some kind. Also, check what services are starting up with your Startup Monitor. You may find the culprit there.

Hi! Thanks for the reply. It's much appreciated.

The problem here is that I have used this nLited disc on two powerful computers (one a brand new Intel Core 2 Duo machine) and both exhibit the same thrashing around for the first five minutes after logging in, and then settle down and are really zippy! The disc is not fragmented so I am thinking it is an error with one of the addon packs I've added. I do need to replace the version of Reader I am using with 8 - but other than that I am at a loss as to know what to do. I would also like to replace the version of iTunes I used because when Apple tried to update it (reported to have worked) it now won't open at all.

Any further ideas? I can't turn off drive indexing because I don't have the option or text at all to do so.

[strotee76]

Looking at your Hotfixes section, I see a lot of possibilities (almost 20). Much like programming, one has to take baby steps to see where something breaks. I'm willing to bet one of those hotfixes is the culprit. Start there.