Why does the hard drive churn so much when opening a web page?

[Hulk]

When I open a new tab in IE7 the hard drive seems to really go crazy. Just seems like opening a web page shouldn't be that demanding on the drive.

I mean it churns more than when I open MS Word.

 

[themisfit610]

This could be a couple of things.

1) have you tried other browsers? It could be IE7 specific... I haven't ever used IE7 so I don't know

2) Defrag?

3) Are you having this problem with other apps? If so, it could indicate a failing hard drive.

~MiSfit

 

[bob4432]

are you hitting the pagefile? how much ram are you using? how many plugins do you have installed with ie7?

my laptop, for a basic install seems to be as fast as it was with ie6...

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

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