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    T400 is very weird..

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by spellbinderx, Jun 16, 2009.

  1. spellbinderx

    spellbinderx Notebook Guru

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    i got my T400 recently.. and its always busy
    for the first like.. 5-10 minutes of every start up.. it just keeps ticking (the busy noise).. what the heck?
     
    spellbinderx, Jun 16, 2009
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  2. The Fire Snake

    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    There must be a lot of processes that start on boot into the OS.
     
    The Fire Snake, Jun 16, 2009
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  3. MidnightSun

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    Yes, that, and Vista's SuperFetch (hopefully got the name right) spends the minutes after boot caching files you frequently access into memory, so other stuff will be faster later on.

    It's normal.
     
    MidnightSun, Jun 16, 2009
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  4. Lew

    Lew Notebook Deity

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    and also related to Vista not specifically the T400
     
    Lew, Jun 16, 2009
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  5. sr1650nx

    sr1650nx Notebook Consultant

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    it's indexing your drive. it will finish after a few days or so and everything will be just fine
     
    sr1650nx, Jun 16, 2009
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    zillal Notebook Consultant

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    The standard advice is NOT to power off your Vista machine. Go into hibernate or sleep mode. The power off button in the Start menu is I believe by default set to go to sleep in your Thinkpad preload.
     
    zillal, Jun 16, 2009
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