I've been using the RTM and so far I plan on installing XP on my newish notebook that came with Vista. My biggest issue with Vista is the way it keeps pinging

I've been using the RTM and so far I plan on installing XP on my newish notebook that came with Vista. My biggest issue with Vista is the way it keeps pinging the hard drive: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-vista-performance/974285.htm http://forums.techarena.in/windows-vista-performance/974285.... I could never get it to stop completely and it runs down the battery and causes extra noise and heat. And its the same thing with Windows 7. I'm going to pay $140 for a XP 64bit license. I would love to downgrade but MS doesn't offer that for Vista Home.