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Old December 3rd 10, 03:19 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default 100% disk activity, but very little disk transfer

On 02/12/2010 1:50 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
Yousuf Khan wrote:
Peter Foldes wrote


Start\Run\Services.msc\scroll down to Indexing right
click\Properties and select Disable and then Apply. Did that stop your HD from thrashing


It hasn't happened again recently, so I can't try that yet.


You sure its not just your antivirus doing a scan ? What are you using antivirus wise ?


Yup, I'd see processor usage with an anti-virus scan. I'm using AVG in
this case.

Yousuf Khan
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