I’m running Vista Ultimate x64 and XP Pro x32 on a new X58 Intel Desktop with a RAID array using 2) Western Digital Raptor hard drives:

--One at 150 GB (the XP drive)

--The other is a newer Velociraptor at 300 GB (the Vista Drive and the problematic one, I should add)

As fast as this machine is, the scans still can take several hours and I’d like to be able to start em, set the Kaspersky Full Scan and/or Object scan to shut down when completed…..hopefully when I’m asleep.

This is not working worth spit and as far as I know……never has.

There have even been occasions after we repaired Vista here on another thread, that I know the machine was turned off, I woke up at around 3:00 AM to take care of business, and it’s on.

It’s kinda like the attack of the machines



No matter what time frame I set my hard drives to shut down, same with my monitor…..I can easily come back several hours later, and the scans didn’t complete because the HD had shut down and the monitor goes to sleep mode (I think) after about 45 minutes.


I have several cases I could conceivably use with Microsoft, thought I would check virtualdr before I use one.
There’s a world of expertise right here, and I might even get a chuckle along the way.



Thanks for any suggestions…….as usual.

Steve_83