I have been using Windows XP since day one. I have never had this condition
using XP. I installed Vista over the weekend and when the system reboots for
driver installs ect. the hard drive heads return to the parked position. You
can hear it distinctly. It only happens when using Vista and not XP. I
installed Vista to get an idea of what hardware and software I would need to
replace in order to use Vista. The hardware was just about everything I had
and the software was also. I installed the latest Vista drivers from each
manufacturer. Keep in mind this is a homebuild system only one year old.
Opteron 175, 2gb OCZ Ram, Asus motherboard, Nvidia Video card, 3 Maxtor
drives, Plextor DVD burner. Dell 2407 WFP display. Performance Rating of 4.6
due to video card. Since I couldn't use Vista as I would have liked, I
reinstalled XP and the hard drive heads are not parking on reboot. Until I
get this resolved I cannot use Vista under any circumstances although I would
love to. Does anyone have any idea what is going on. Thanks

This is a feature of the latest Nvidia SATA/RAID drivers and is by design.
It's not a problem.

Trac

"Hanspuppa" wrote in message
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I have been using Windows XP since day one. I have never had this condition
using XP. I installed Vista over the weekend and when the system reboots
for
driver installs ect. the hard drive heads return to the parked position.
You
can hear it distinctly. It only happens when using Vista and not XP. I
installed Vista to get an idea of what hardware and software I would need
to
replace in order to use Vista. The hardware was just about everything I
had
and the software was also. I installed the latest Vista drivers from each
manufacturer. Keep in mind this is a homebuild system only one year old.
Opteron 175, 2gb OCZ Ram, Asus motherboard, Nvidia Video card, 3 Maxtor
drives, Plextor DVD burner. Dell 2407 WFP display. Performance Rating of
4.6
due to video card. Since I couldn't use Vista as I would have liked, I
reinstalled XP and the hard drive heads are not parking on reboot. Until I
get this resolved I cannot use Vista under any circumstances although I
would
love to. Does anyone have any idea what is going on. Thanks

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Hanspuppa wrote:

I have been using Windows XP since day one. I have never had this condition
using XP. I installed Vista over the weekend and when the system reboots for
driver installs ect. the hard drive heads return to the parked position. You
can hear it distinctly. It only happens when using Vista and not XP. I
installed Vista to get an idea of what hardware and software I would need to
replace in order to use Vista. The hardware was just about everything I had
and the software was also. I installed the latest Vista drivers from each
manufacturer. Keep in mind this is a homebuild system only one year old.
Opteron 175, 2gb OCZ Ram, Asus motherboard, Nvidia Video card, 3 Maxtor
drives, Plextor DVD burner. Dell 2407 WFP display. Performance Rating of 4.6
due to video card. Since I couldn't use Vista as I would have liked, I
reinstalled XP and the hard drive heads are not parking on reboot. Until I
get this resolved I cannot use Vista under any circumstances although I would
love to. Does anyone have any idea what is going on. Thanks

Why is this a problem?

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