How do I set things up so that when the program is running (Windows XP) it doesn't keep the hard drive spinning.

This is a major problem - unless it can be resolve all of our lab will be required to remove the software from our computers.

Thanks.

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There is a parameter in your user preferences page that you can set for how often your system will write to the disk drive. The default is every 60 seconds. If you make that less frequent that should help. If you are running laptops, you can also set a parameter on your computer to reduce disk usage.

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I changed the default to only be every 300 seconds, but this didn't seem to help - the hard drive was still spinning continuously. I looked and asked around, but I wasn't able to find anyway to change a parameter to reduce disk usage.

Is there some way to force the program to only reside in memory and not use virtual memory/writing to the disk? (I tried turning Virtual memory off entirely, but then Windows starts giving me errors).

Any suggestions/solutions? This seems like a pretty major flaw in the software so I'm hopeful that there is a solution to be found.

Thanks!

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There is a parameter in your user preferences page that you can set for how often your system will write to the disk drive. The default is every 60 seconds. If you make that less frequent that should help. If you are running laptops, you can also set a parameter on your computer to reduce disk usage.

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I changed the default to only be every 300 seconds, but this didn't seem to help - the hard drive was still spinning continuously. I looked and asked around, but I wasn't able to find anyway to change a parameter to reduce disk usage.

Is there some way to force the program to only reside in memory and not use virtual memory/writing to the disk? (I tried turning Virtual memory off entirely, but then Windows starts giving me errors).

Any suggestions/solutions? This seems like a pretty major flaw in the software so I'm hopeful that there is a solution to be found.

Thanks!

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There is a parameter in your user preferences page that you can set for how often your system will write to the disk drive. The default is every 60 seconds. If you make that less frequent that should help. If you are running laptops, you can also set a parameter on your computer to reduce disk usage.

How much RAM does your system have? If it is low on RAM it will have to use Virtual memory. If you set the system for energy savings instead of performance it will turn the disk drive off whenever it can.

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We Must look for intelligent life on other planets as,
it is becoming increasingly apparent we will not find any on our own.