Hard Drive Runs At Random Times

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I installed Windows Xp Pro Sp2 on a new FAT32 Seagate 120 HD. I have Comcast
Mcafee Virus running and have turned Microsoft Auto Update and Firewall off.
On several occassions after not using the computer for a few hours, I have
come back to find my hard drive running (yellow light Blinking) for no
apparent reason. It will stop if I access a program. I do not have any
activities scheduled. Once I was able to open the task manager and noticed a
degfraxxxx process ending and then disappearing. Any help appreciated.
 
Uncle said:
Yep
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To clarify: the defragging is optimizing the disk according to prefetch
listings. i.e., it's arranging the files/directories listed in the
prefetch area so that those files are not fragmented, resulting in
faster loading.
 
Joe said:
I installed Windows Xp Pro Sp2 on a new FAT32 Seagate 120 HD. I have Comcast
Mcafee Virus running and have turned Microsoft Auto Update and Firewall off.
On several occassions after not using the computer for a few hours, I have
come back to find my hard drive running (yellow light Blinking) for no
apparent reason. It will stop if I access a program. I do not have any
activities scheduled. Once I was able to open the task manager and noticed a
degfraxxxx process ending and then disappearing. Any help appreciated.
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About every three days windows does an optimization that involves moving
files. Also it could be the indexing service running and/or system restore.
 
Bullwinkle Moose said:
It may also runs system restore point when the computer is idle if set for
it.
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And the indexing service runs whenever there is no real work to do.
Jim
 
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