My disk keeps crunching away when my system idle
process cpu usage is high. I have a noisy disk,
is there anything I can do to prevent this?

"grant cameron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My disk keeps crunching away when my system idle
> process cpu usage is high. I have a noisy disk,
> is there anything I can do to prevent this?

Adding more memory to the system is probably the solution. Sounds like you
are thrashing - I/O bottleneck, high processor usage, and I suspect high
physical memory usage. The system is completely occupied swapping stuff in
and out of physical memory trying to handle the work load.

"MyndPhlyp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:eL3MD%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "grant cameron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:a72301c406d6$b14602e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My disk keeps crunching away when my system idle
> > process cpu usage is high. I have a noisy disk,
> > is there anything I can do to prevent this?
>
> Adding more memory to the system is probably the solution. Sounds like you
> are thrashing - I/O bottleneck, high processor usage, and I suspect high
> physical memory usage. The system is completely occupied swapping stuff in
> and out of physical memory trying to handle the work load.

Using Task Manager and adding the appropriate I/O columns
to the display will tell you which processes are causing the
disk thrashing.

Rick