Hey Gang,
Thanks for reading.
I recently bought a new computer and nstalled a new SATA 130gig hard drive. The computer case has very distinctive HD lights and it is very easy to see when the HD is being accessed.
I would like this hard drive to last a while. I disabled and removed windows page swaping so that it won't work the hard drive so hard.
I figure, the less that is read/written to the hard drive, the less mechanical work it does, the less wear it will recieve, and the longer it will last (and work fast).
The problem is, even with page swapping removed, the HD lights are flashing in half-second intervals. I don't have much installed on this yet, so I am wondering why is the HD being accessed so frequently.
Is there something windows is doing that I can turn off? Is there a free util that I can use to see what proccesses are accessing my hard drive?
Thank you!
Thanks for reading.
I recently bought a new computer and nstalled a new SATA 130gig hard drive. The computer case has very distinctive HD lights and it is very easy to see when the HD is being accessed.
I would like this hard drive to last a while. I disabled and removed windows page swaping so that it won't work the hard drive so hard.
I figure, the less that is read/written to the hard drive, the less mechanical work it does, the less wear it will recieve, and the longer it will last (and work fast).
The problem is, even with page swapping removed, the HD lights are flashing in half-second intervals. I don't have much installed on this yet, so I am wondering why is the HD being accessed so frequently.
Is there something windows is doing that I can turn off? Is there a free util that I can use to see what proccesses are accessing my hard drive?
Thank you!