AutoPlay Makes HDD Light Flash Every Second

[Guest]

When I have AutoPlay enabled on my computer with Vista, the hard disk always
flashes once or twice every second. However, when I disable it, it only
flashes every 2-5 seconds generally. Does anyone else notice this? Is this
normal?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Don't know that having autoplay enabled would do that as the setting merely
determines what the system does when a disk is inserted. It doesn't cause
the system to actively monitor the drive any more than it already does.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Guest]

Appartently, it does seem to affect it.

Hi,

Don't know that having autoplay enabled would do that as the setting merely
determines what the system does when a disk is inserted. It doesn't cause
the system to actively monitor the drive any more than it already does.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Try running process explorer to see where the activity is originating:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ProcessExplorer.mspx

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Guest]

I went to a friends house today to help him with his PC and I noticed his HDD
Light was flashing pretty much every second or so. It is also a Dell, he has
Dimension E520 and I have E521. Not sure if its to do with the motherboard
being sensitive to hardware or disk activity etc?