Disk: Highest Active Time in vista's resource monitor is high (task manager > performance > resource monitor)
according to microsfot help file...

still dont understand what does the blue mean practically

here is my harddisk's activity based on LED indicator on my notebook
- about 30 seconds after logon, no activity (all programs are finish loaded i think, fast huh? )
- 1 minute something to about 4 minutes, the harddisk starts its strange activity, and Disk: Highest Active Time in vista's resource monitor is flying high at 97-100%, it continues for about few minutes. This should be a background activity since i can still open a 20mb pdf file with acceptable speed during this period.

i wonder is it consider normal compare to yours? I hope this every time startup activity would not shortening my harddisk life span

attached herewith are some resource monitor screenshots
+ I have checked, all useless startup programs have been disabled. No viruses, newly installed vista


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hopefully,

but i suspect the following
C:\pagefile.sys (Page File)
test it by reconfiguring the pagefile size now

C:\$Mft (NTFS Master File Table)
- no information yet

peace of mind