Annoying disk access

Every second or so my disk access light on the pc flashes - Windows XP
Premium SP1. I have tried every tool I can think of to try and find out
why but I am at a loss. This is my fourth install and on the first 2
this didnt happen. I have switched off everything I can think of that
may be causing this (prefetch, defender, indexing etc) bit it still goes
on. Is there any way I can track down what is happening? Vista was
installed 7 days ago.


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philmrs

"philmrs" <> wrote in message
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> Every second or so my disk access light on the pc flashes - Windows XP
> Premium SP1. I have tried every tool I can think of to try and find out
> why but I am at a loss. This is my fourth install and on the first 2
> this didnt happen. I have switched off everything I can think of that
> may be causing this (prefetch, defender, indexing etc) bit it still goes
> on. Is there any way I can track down what is happening? Vista was
> installed 7 days ago.
>
>
> --
> philmrs

Process monitor can show all disk activity.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:34:49 -0400, "Ian D" <> wrote:

>Process monitor can show all disk activity.
>
>http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx

You won't find the reason for that flash with process monitor.

"philmrs" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Every second or so my disk access light on the pc flashes - Windows XP
> Premium SP1. I have tried every tool I can think of to try and find
> out
> why but I am at a loss. This is my fourth install and on the first 2
> this didnt happen. I have switched off everything I can think of that
> may be causing this (prefetch, defender, indexing etc) bit it still
> goes
> on. Is there any way I can track down what is happening? Vista was
> installed 7 days ago.
>
> philmrs

Had you not said that it didn't happen previously I would have suggested
a 'hardware' effect. That light is not always just a disk access light
but can be a bus activity light, such as checks for the insertion of a
CD/DVD. Mine blips away at one a second continuously with no disk
transfers. Mind I'm not annoyed as I can't see it.

Tom

Tom

"+Bob+" <> wrote in message
news...
> On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:34:49 -0400, "Ian D" <> wrote:
>
>>Process monitor can show all disk activity.
>>
>>http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx
>
> You won't find the reason for that flash with process monitor.

I can't find a reason to flash the monitor. I wonder if the neighbor is
looking through the window. Maybe I will flash her.

"philmrs" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Every second or so my disk access light on the pc flashes -
> Windows XP
> Premium SP1. I have tried every tool I can think of to try and
> find out
> why but I am at a loss. This is my fourth install and on the first
> 2
> this didnt happen. I have switched off everything I can think of
> that
> may be causing this (prefetch, defender, indexing etc) bit it
> still goes
> on. Is there any way I can track down what is happening? Vista was
> installed 7 days ago.

I have been pulling my hair out over this for the past two weeks. I
just put together a new system with an i7, x58 mb with a SATA
DVD-ROM and a SATA DVD-RW, using a RAID 0. This board has neither a
floppy port nor a PATA port so I have to use all SATA drives. This
could be a firmware problem or a windows driver problem. I do no
that if I disable them in device manager the blinking stops.
Sometimes it will stop if I just open the drive drawer and close it
again. I had this problem a few years ago with a lite-on CD-RW. I
shelved it and bought a Plextor. With all I have been going through
with this, I am about to pay twice the price for a plextor.

"Frank-FL" <> wrote in message
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> "philmrs" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> Every second or so my disk access light on the pc flashes -
>> Windows XP
>> Premium SP1. I have tried every tool I can think of to try and
>> find out
>> why but I am at a loss. This is my fourth install and on the first
>> 2
>> this didnt happen. I have switched off everything I can think of
>> that
>> may be causing this (prefetch, defender, indexing etc) bit it
>> still goes
>> on. Is there any way I can track down what is happening? Vista was
>> installed 7 days ago.
>
> I have been pulling my hair out over this for the past two weeks. I
> just put together a new system with an i7, x58 mb with a SATA
> DVD-ROM and a SATA DVD-RW, using a RAID 0. This board has neither a
> floppy port nor a PATA port so I have to use all SATA drives. This
> could be a firmware problem or a windows driver problem. I do no
> that if I disable them in device manager the blinking stops.
> Sometimes it will stop if I just open the drive drawer and close it
> again. I had this problem a few years ago with a lite-on CD-RW. I
> shelved it and bought a Plextor. With all I have been going through
> with this, I am about to pay twice the price for a plextor.


Hi--

I'm not sure if it's both Frank and philmrs. who are having the problem, but
try this:

Rt. click the drive's icon in Computer>take ck out of the box that says
"Allow files on this drive to have contesnts indexed in addition to file
properties."

Good luck,

CH