On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 19:22:35 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Jim
writes:
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Merry Christmas. That sounds like a great little utility, it
would at least tell me if the CPU is trying to READ or to WRITE
the drive. When the drive light is on, there is no change in PAGE
FILE

Does the system run slow(ly)? Does the page file figure approach (or
exceed) the amount of fitted RAM?

or CPU USAGE usually doesn't change much, nor is there any NETWORK
activity either, strange. I disabled the Anti Virus and the Spyware
programs, no luck. Strange part I have the exact same stuff running
on my Thinkpad, and the drive light rarely comes on unless doing some
other operation.
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I have come across systems in/on which the disc light _does_ seem to be
on all the time, even when disc access isn't actually occurring. Can you
actually hear whether the disc is being accessed?


Yes, I have 4 drives in this rack mount machine, and it sounds like it
is actually accessing something.

Jim