What's keeping hard drive so busy?

[Brett]

I have indexing service turned off and nothing is running that's using the
HD. Yet, sometimes the HD will sit there for a while spinning. This system
has two HDs and it sounds like I'm moving large files from one HD to the
other. The HD is constantly spinning & crunching. What else could be
keeping it so busy?

There are two E6600 CPUs and they are usually at one or two percent but jump
every few seconds to 8 - 25%.

Thanks,
Brett

 

[CJM]

Automatic defragging.

 

[Rock]

I have indexing service turned off and nothing is running that's using the
HD. Yet, sometimes the HD will sit there for a while spinning. This
system has two HDs and it sounds like I'm moving large files from one HD to
the other. The HD is constantly spinning & crunching. What else could be
keeping it so busy?

There are two E6600 CPUs and they are usually at one or two percent but
jump every few seconds to 8 - 25%.

Take a look at the Disk section in Reliability and Performance Monitor to
see what the action is. From Start | Reliability and Performance, click on
it, in the right pane expand the Disk and CPU sections to see what processes
are invoking what file access.

 

[malaac]

How can I disable this defragging? I run a third party and I hate the
stupid idiotic Windows one that gives no detail at all.. how retarded that
was.. think M$ must have some real morons in their design department.

 

[Rock]

How can I disable this defragging? I run a third party and I hate the
stupid idiotic Windows one that gives no detail at all.. how retarded that
was.. think M$ must have some real morons in their design department.

Post a new thread with your question, don't hang it on as a reply to someone
else's thread. Maybe search Help and Support for defragmentation? Your one
of those that likes to sit mesmerized and watch the colored blocks jiggle
and move, eh?

 

[Brett]

Post a new thread with your question, don't hang it on as a reply to
someone else's thread.

Commonly known as hijacking a thread. Errrggg!