raptor 74 strange sound (maybe I'm paranoid)

[lukx]

I'm a bit worried becuase few days agou I noticed my raptor looks like doing something even when I don't do anything on my pc. The hdd led is binking form time to time and I can hear sound that my harddrive is doing something. Is it normal. Maybe it was all the time by I didn't noticed it?

 

[Nocturnal]

Download the WD diagnostics tool. You can run it within Windows. Test the drive to make sure nothing is going wrong.

 

[ribbon13]

Just because you're not doing something, doesn't mean window's isn't! It's doing distributed computing to calculate how Bill Gates can take over the world!

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Just because you're not doing something, doesn't mean window's isn't! It's doing distributed computing to calculate how Bill Gates can take over the world!

:thumbsup:

 

[MobiusPizza]

Apparently Windows will optimise the bootup sector when your computer is doing nothing
However I don't think that's carried out often

Do a virus check, I have seen virii that would cause HDD activity

Also if you have installed disk defragment software such as disk keeper, it will automatically defragment at the set time periods

Finally check if Windows Automatic Update is updating

Of course obvious ones like P2P programs, Shared LAN network will cause HDD activity

 

[Matthias99]

You can also turn on the I/O counts in Task Manager (under 'processes') and see which process is using the disk. There are other tools you can get that will show exactly which files are being accessed.