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| Thread ID: 23906 | 2002-08-29 01:48:00 | How to tell what the HD is doing... | mark c (247) | Press F1 |
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| 74724 | 2002-08-29 01:48:00 | Since I've started being conscientious about MS updates the HD has been grinding away much more than it used to. I do the updates manually. So my question really is, since I don't think it's the updates, how can you tell what's going on? What's being written to HD and by whom? Only happens when connected and using ZoneAlarm's 'stop' doesn't stop it either. Bit of a puzzle, any ideas much appreciatted. Thanks mar c :) | mark c (247) | ||
| 74725 | 2002-08-29 01:59:00 | What ever is accessing the disk will also be using a bit of the cpu to do it. I would use a programme like TaskInfo (http://www.iarsn.com/) to see what processes are running. Alternatively, using the same programme you could have a look at the list of all open files and look for ones whose file position is increasing, and see which process it is associated with. |
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| 74726 | 2002-08-29 02:08:00 | Thanks bmason, will give it a go. :D | mark c (247) | ||
| 74727 | 2002-08-29 11:25:00 | It could be worth checking to see what is being allowed out via ZA | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 74728 | 2002-08-29 15:49:00 | Hi Mark I had the same thing happen on my computer, turned out to be 'Real Jukebox'. The main program 'Real player is OK. Vince |
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