Is this the way it's supposed to be? Jackson <jjacXkdins[ at ]Xcox.net> 7/5/2007 9:30:19 PM The LED for my HD flashes on and off once or twice per second, even when there is no application running and the machine is just sitting there. On my old 98SE machine the LED for the HD never flashed unless I saved a file or opened something. The rest of the time it remained dark while I played Solitaire or Sudoku or some such thing. It seems unnatural that my Dell Dimension C521 with XP (MCE) should have the HD almost perpetually active. Is this the way it's supposed to be? Is your HD continually flashing? Thanks

Re: Is this the way it's supposed to be? "JS" <[ at ]> 7/5/2007 10:16:08 PM You may have the Windows Indexing service active or an AV background scan in progress. JS "Jackson" <jjacXkdins[ at ]Xcox.net> wrote in message news:bboq83lr600c32n608kjdrot4ms6sjdh5u[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > The LED for my HD flashes on and off once or twice per second, even > when there is no application running and the machine is just sitting > there. On my old 98SE machine the LED for the HD never flashed unless > I saved a file or opened something. The rest of the time it remained > dark while I played Solitaire or Sudoku or some such thing. > > It seems unnatural that my Dell Dimension C521 with XP (MCE) should > have the HD almost perpetually active. > > Is this the way it's supposed to be? Is your HD continually flashing? > > Thanks

Re: Is this the way it's supposed to be? Jackson <jackdinsss[ at ]hotmail.com> 7/5/2007 11:21:54 PM On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:16:08 -0400, "JS" <[ at ]> wrote: [Quoted Text] >You may have the Windows Indexing service active or an AV background scan in >progress. > >JS > I don't think so. Indexing is turned off and there is no application running.

Re: Is this the way it's supposed to be? "JS" <[ at ]> 7/5/2007 11:45:27 PM Two useful utilities: Diskmon: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Diskmon.mspx Process Monitor: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/processmonitor.mspx JS "Jackson" <jackdinsss[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:p6vq831v3anfgtbggh0hip88mmrmj11hkr[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:16:08 -0400, "JS" <[ at ]> wrote: > >>You may have the Windows Indexing service active or an AV background scan >>in >>progress. >> >>JS >> > I don't think so. Indexing is turned off and there is no application > running.

Re: Is this the way it's supposed to be? "Anthony Buckland" <anthonybucklandnospam[ at ]telus.net> 7/6/2007 11:48:54 PM "Jackson" <jackdinsss[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:p6vq831v3anfgtbggh0hip88mmrmj11hkr[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:16:08 -0400, "JS" <[ at ]> wrote: > >>You may have the Windows Indexing service active or an AV background scan >>in >>progress. >> >>JS >> > I don't think so. Indexing is turned off and there is no application > running. Re that last remark: I used to think that way, until I bought WinTasks (I'm sure there are other similar programs, maybe free?) and saw how many tasks are running when I don't think I'm doing anything. The suggestion you got about an antivurus background scan brings up the subject of virus scans in general -- have you scanned recently with an uptodate virus database?

Re: Is this the way it's supposed to be? "RalfG" <itsnotme[ at ]bin-wieder-da.de> 7/7/2007 12:33:21 PM Running processes list in Windows TaskManager Process Explorer -free What's Running? - free for non commercial use CodeStuff Starter (has running processes list) -free ServiWin (drivers list) -free "Anthony Buckland" <anthonybucklandnospam[ at ]telus.net> wrote in message news:eXLW9gCwHHA.4132[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > > "Jackson" <jackdinsss[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:p6vq831v3anfgtbggh0hip88mmrmj11hkr[ at ]4ax.com... >> On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:16:08 -0400, "JS" <[ at ]> wrote: >> >>>You may have the Windows Indexing service active or an AV background scan >>>in >>>progress. >>> >>>JS >>> >> I don't think so. Indexing is turned off and there is no application >> running. > > Re that last remark: I used to think that way, until I bought WinTasks > (I'm sure there are other similar programs, maybe free?) and saw > how many tasks are running when I don't think I'm doing anything. > The suggestion you got about an antivurus background scan > brings up the subject of virus scans in general -- have you scanned > recently with an uptodate virus database? >