Comments for I have constant disk activity, and I don't know why. How can I tell what program is doing it?

Comment from Dennis on 2009-08-02

2009-08-02T13:04:31Z

Extended Task Manager by Extendsoft (free) works better and easier for me.

http://www.extensoft.com/?p=home

http://www.extensoft.com/?p=free_task_manager

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Comment from dar on 2009-07-29

2009-07-29T23:48:06Z

-had similar problem, but it stopped when linux replaced xp. the all-knowing lads on soundbytes radio prog nailed it: a corrupt FAT32 volume

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Comment from Jane B. on 2009-07-29

2009-07-29T18:55:58Z

Great tool, and results really interesting and somewhat confusing. It seems my printer is doing a ton of 'work', even when it is not on or in use. Tons of 'create file, lock file, query standard information file, read file, write file, set end of file information file,unlock file single, close file, and then it starts all over again with create file...Why would it be doing this if its not in use or even on?? And how do I(or should I) stop this?

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Comment from John N. on 2009-07-29

2009-07-29T08:15:27Z

Correction to my first post. Sorry, I think I forgot a " in my html:( I'll use both this time!

Sysinternals>

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

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Comment from John N. on 2009-07-29

2009-07-29T08:08:37Z

Just an addition to this great post-

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This file contains the individual troubleshooting tools and help files. Process Monitor / Explorer are included with 60+ more Sysinternals Utilities.
Many seem to be for uber-geeks only, but that describes many of us! 9.0 MB download, not too shabby.
Have fun, and please comment Leo! Your opinion is law with me! Thanks much! Link below.
John N.

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Comment from david waiters on 2009-07-28

2009-07-29T00:42:40Z

I had a similar problem recently. The hard drive activity light was constantly on and all my drive names changed to unreadable garbage. There were two files that were created. One was called folder.exe and another file that I cant recall. There was also another exe file in the startup folder under the all users account that seemed to trigger it. I had to use a Bart PE disk to boot the machine and delete the files and the problem stopped.

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Comment from lrk on 2009-07-28

2009-07-28T23:09:22Z

Depends on what is running at the background. Indexing service for example (usually shown as "svchost.exe", but there may be more of these running at the same time for different services) may be running all the time. You can stop or postpone that activity, since it slows down the pc. However a programme running "real time" at the background may also be a reason.
You need to find out first what is running.

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Comment from Paul Hayes on 2009-07-28

2009-07-28T18:20:39Z

I know I"m a dummy,but once I know what's running and hogging my computer... what do I do with the information. What action do I take to resolve this activity?

Unfortunately there's no single answer to that since it depends on what you find. It could be a program you no longer need, or it could be more data that you would take to research on the internet, or or it could be an "ah ha" moment where it turns out to be correct behaviour.

29-Jul-2009

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Comment from Steve on 2009-07-28

2009-07-28T16:40:15Z

I'm not seeing that the main procmon window is automatically filtering the data it displays to only include accesses of the file that you want to understand more about (the one that appears in the File Summary tool window -- I've double clicked it or various others with no change to the main procmon window). I've started and exited procmon 3-4 times, cleared data, CNTL+E toggled, etc but no joy. Still a great tool and appreciate the tip, Leo!

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