Hard Drive seeking almost constantly

[Guest]

My hard drive is almost constantly seeking. Occasionally it will stop but it
seems to start when there has not been any activity on the computer for a
while. When I check the processes I don't know which are supposed to be
running. The drive makes a lot of noise and I can't figure out why it is
constantly seeking when there are no applications running. Sometimes I can
re-boot and it stops for a while but it always starts over again shortly.

 

[Guest]

it may be time to back up your stuff. atleast your getting noise, I didnt
when my drive failed.Just a thought

 

[Rock]

My hard drive is almost constantly seeking. Occasionally it will stop but it
seems to start when there has not been any activity on the computer for a
while. When I check the processes I don't know which are supposed to be
running. The drive makes a lot of noise and I can't figure out why it is
constantly seeking when there are no applications running. Sometimes I can
re-boot and it stops for a while but it always starts over again shortly.

It could be the indexing service. Go to Start | Run. Type in
"services.msc" without the quotes, click ok. Scroll down to Indexing
Service. Does it say started? If so click on the stop link. After
it's stopped, double click it, and change the startup type to disabled,
click ok and then close the services window. Does the disk activity stop?

 

[Guest]

I tried that but the service was not running and the startup type was set to
manual startup. Thank you for your suggestion though, I appreciate it.

 

[Rock]

I tried that but the service was not running and the startup type was set to
manual startup. Thank you for your suggestion though, I appreciate it.

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Download a drive diagnostic utility from the hard drive manufacturer's
web site. That creates a bootable floppy disk; run the diagnostics from
that.

 

[Guest]

I'll try that, thanks again, I appreciate your help.

 

[Rock]

I'll try that, thanks again, I appreciate your help.

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You're welcome. Good luck.