Hard drive just flashes like pulse monitor

My hard drive light flashes once bright and once not as bright, this repeats
for ever?

I've looked at the reliability and performance monitor but can narrow it
down to any one service?

Even when the computer has been idle over night I come down in the morning
and look at the light then and it does the same thing before a mouse is
moved or key pressed.

Thanks for any help narrowing it down if possible.

Rich

Hi,

Possibilities include defragging, indexing, utility programs, antivirus
scanning, among others. Have you checked the event viewer to see if
something is listing as being interrupted when you begin use of the system?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Rich" <> wrote in message
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> My hard drive light flashes once bright and once not as bright, this
> repeats for ever?
>
> I've looked at the reliability and performance monitor but can narrow it
> down to any one service?
>
> Even when the computer has been idle over night I come down in the morning
> and look at the light then and it does the same thing before a mouse is
> moved or key pressed.
>
> Thanks for any help narrowing it down if possible.
>
> Rich
>

No but maybe that's a better place to start instead the performance monitor.

Thanks, Rich


"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Possibilities include defragging, indexing, utility programs, antivirus
> scanning, among others. Have you checked the event viewer to see if
> something is listing as being interrupted when you begin use of the
> system?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Rich" <> wrote in message
> news:%23PqS5C%...
>> My hard drive light flashes once bright and once not as bright, this
>> repeats for ever?
>>
>> I've looked at the reliability and performance monitor but can narrow it
>> down to any one service?
>>
>> Even when the computer has been idle over night I come down in the
>> morning and look at the light then and it does the same thing before a
>> mouse is moved or key pressed.
>>
>> Thanks for any help narrowing it down if possible.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>

"Rich" <> wrote in message
news:%23PqS5C%...
> My hard drive light flashes once bright and once not as bright, this
> repeats for ever?
>
> I've looked at the reliability and performance monitor but can narrow
> it down to any one service?
>
> Even when the computer has been idle over night I come down in the
> morning and look at the light then and it does the same thing before a
> mouse is moved or key pressed.
>
> Thanks for any help narrowing it down if possible.
>
> Rich
>

If it's a steady once a second flash it may not be the disk at all.
Although it's regarded as a disk activity light it can be bus activity
such as a once a second check for the insertion of a CD/DVD. Dell
machine ?

Tom

"Tom Allen" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Rich" <> wrote in message
> news:%23PqS5C%...
>> My hard drive light flashes once bright and once not as bright, this
>> repeats for ever?
>>
>> I've looked at the reliability and performance monitor but can narrow it
>> down to any one service?
>>
>> Even when the computer has been idle over night I come down in the
>> morning and look at the light then and it does the same thing before a
>> mouse is moved or key pressed.
>>
>> Thanks for any help narrowing it down if possible.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>
> If it's a steady once a second flash it may not be the disk at all.
> Although it's regarded as a disk activity light it can be bus activity
> such as a once a second check for the insertion of a CD/DVD. Dell machine
> ?
>
> Tom
>

No it's a power spec (Micro Center brand). Maybe that's why I can't see disk
activity?

Thanks, Rich

"Rich" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Tom Allen" <> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Rich" <> wrote in message
>> news:%23PqS5C%...
>>> My hard drive light flashes once bright and once not as bright, this
>>> repeats for ever?
>>>
>>> I've looked at the reliability and performance monitor but can narrow it
>>> down to any one service?
>>>
>>> Even when the computer has been idle over night I come down in the
>>> morning and look at the light then and it does the same thing before a
>>> mouse is moved or key pressed.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help narrowing it down if possible.
>>>
>>> Rich
>>>
>>
>> If it's a steady once a second flash it may not be the disk at all.
>> Although it's regarded as a disk activity light it can be bus activity
>> such as a once a second check for the insertion of a CD/DVD. Dell
>> machine ?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>
> No it's a power spec (Micro Center brand). Maybe that's why I can't see
> disk activity?
>
> Thanks, Rich
>
>

Download Process Monitor from here.

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


You have to be fast as it lists several thousand processes
per second, but most processes have a lot of sequential
entries when they run.