lots of disk activity

[Ken Bouchard]

anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

--
DVB systems
c/o Ken Bouchard
1520 Big Valley Dr.
Colo. Springs CO 80919
USA

"Put Your Old Music On CD"
www.dvbaudiorestoration.com

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete, happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

--
DVB systems
c/o Ken Bouchard
1520 Big Valley Dr.
Colo. Springs CO 80919
USA

"Put Your Old Music On CD"
www.dvbaudiorestoration.com

 

[Guest]

One way to locate the problem is follow microsofts suggestion,run Msconfig.
Run as outlined in kb310560...But what you really should do is relocate xp
to C: not run it on E: This might need reinstalling xp (properly this
time),but
as you run xp now,it doesnt run quite right....

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Ramesh

The last time I looked at FileMon it was very difficult to see the
wood from the trees. Would you use filtering in Ken's situation and if
yes do you have practical tips on it's use?

--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Gerry,

For Ken's situation, I'd close down all the anti-virus/firewall applications temporarily and check if the disk activity still takes place. I use filtering only when I want to monitor one or more applications in particular. In this case, we don't know which one is causing the excessive disk activity (service or an app?). So, to begin with, I recommend running F'Mon without any filters set.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com




Ramesh

The last time I looked at FileMon it was very difficult to see the
wood from the trees. Would you use filtering in Ken's situation and if
yes do you have practical tips on it's use?

--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Thanks Ramesh for your take on the situation. My understanding of
computers has moved on since I last used Filemon so perhaps it's time
for another peek <G>.

--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Gerry,

For Ken's situation, I'd close down all the anti-virus/firewall
applications temporarily and check if the disk activity still
takes place. I use filtering only when I want to monitor one or
more applications in particular. In this case, we don't know
which one is causing the excessive disk activity (service or an
app?). So, to begin with, I recommend running F'Mon without any
filters set.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com




Ramesh

The last time I looked at FileMon it was very difficult to see the
wood from the trees. Would you use filtering in Ken's situation
and if
yes do you have practical tips on it's use?

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

No problem, Gerry. Another (three-in-one) product that you may be interested in:

Process Monitor v1.01:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processmonitor.mspx

Webcast: Advanced Windows Troubleshooting with Sysinternals Process Monitor
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=346

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks Ramesh for your take on the situation. My understanding of
computers has moved on since I last used Filemon so perhaps it's time
for another peek <G>.

--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Gerry,

For Ken's situation, I'd close down all the anti-virus/firewall
applications temporarily and check if the disk activity still
takes place. I use filtering only when I want to monitor one or
more applications in particular. In this case, we don't know
which one is causing the excessive disk activity (service or an
app?). So, to begin with, I recommend running F'Mon without any
filters set.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com




Ramesh

The last time I looked at FileMon it was very difficult to see the
wood from the trees. Would you use filtering in Ken's situation
and if
yes do you have practical tips on it's use?

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Thanks Ramesh for the tip.


--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Poprivet]

Hi Gerry,

For Ken's situation, I'd close down all the anti-virus/firewall
applications temporarily and check if the disk activity still takes
place. I use filtering only when I want to monitor one or more
applications in particular. In this case, we don't know which one is
causing the excessive disk activity (service or an app?). So, to
begin with, I recommend running F'Mon without any filters set.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com




Ramesh

The last time I looked at FileMon it was very difficult to see the
wood from the trees. Would you use filtering in Ken's situation and if
yes do you have practical tips on it's use?

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

Just a "dumb side question" here, but ... if there is internet activity
going on when there should be none, wouldn't looking at the Task Manager's
Network graph and/or 'net status tell at a glance? Especially if it's that
high in nature I'd think it would be easy to spot. Also possibly in the TM
Process List.

 

[Poprivet]

anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp pro
machine? the activity led is going like mad even when everything's
idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this started after I
uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

Indexing services and Antivirus software can both do that, along with some defrag utilities when they're set to run during idle times.

You might check in Task Manager and see if you can tell what's running, and also, msconfig (Run; msconfig; Return)

Pop`

 

[Ron Martell]

One way to locate the problem is follow microsofts suggestion,run Msconfig.
Run as outlined in kb310560...But what you really should do is relocate xp
to C: not run it on E: This might need reinstalling xp (properly this
time),but
as you run xp now,it doesnt run quite right....

Andrew please go away. And stay away. Your useless drivel is not
needed.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

wouldn't looking at the Task Manager's Network graph and/or 'net status tell at a glance?

Yes. But TCPView utility will give even more info on network traffic.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Hi Gerry,

For Ken's situation, I'd close down all the anti-virus/firewall
applications temporarily and check if the disk activity still takes
place. I use filtering only when I want to monitor one or more
applications in particular. In this case, we don't know which one is
causing the excessive disk activity (service or an app?). So, to
begin with, I recommend running F'Mon without any filters set.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com




Ramesh

The last time I looked at FileMon it was very difficult to see the
wood from the trees. Would you use filtering in Ken's situation and if
yes do you have practical tips on it's use?

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

<Q>

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in
real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for
exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the
files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or
application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature
will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete,
happens, and its status column tells you the outcome

</Q>


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


anybody got any ideas about all the disk activity on my new xp
pro machine? the activity led is going like mad even when
everything's idle like it's just sitting at the desktop. this
started after I uploaded a big file on the internet.

windows xp pro
pentium D 830
1 gb mem
20 gig E: drive (yes,winndows is on E
320 gig C: drive

maybe E: should be defragged?

thanks,

Just a "dumb side question" here, but ... if there is internet activity
going on when there should be none, wouldn't looking at the Task Manager's
Network graph and/or 'net status tell at a glance? Especially if it's that
high in nature I'd think it would be easy to spot. Also possibly in the TM
Process List.