Disabling SuperFetch?

[Mixzzz]

So on my brothers laptop (2330m, 540GT, 3GBs RAM, 500GB HDD which is pretty slow(45MB read/write)) I noticed that something was using the HDD a lot... Then I opened resource monitor and found that svchost.exe(localsystemnetworkrestricted) was using the HDD at 100%... I googled it and found that it was a service called SuperFetch... What it does is, it loads up all the most used files/programs and improves responsiveness... But I dont think it was working correctly, because it was using the HDD at 100% all the time without stopping and the laptop was pretty slow... When I disabled it the laptop became a lot faster in loading apps, folders etc. although it should have gone slower... And hes using win7 ultimate... Was this a good idea?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_I/O_technologies#SuperFetch

http://blog.tune-up.com/myth-buster/myth-busted-why-disabling-superfetch-on-vista-and-windows-7-is-a-bad-idea/

[Glenwing]

Well, if it was slow, and disabling it made it faster, then I would say it was probably a good idea. (If you were wondering about any hidden problems it might cause, you're fine)