Re: Idle Noise

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Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Sometimes my HD becomes active, but as soon as I try to
identify the according process in the task manager, the
activity stops, and the Idle process consumes almost all the
CPU time.
What can this be?

DoDi

If you see hard drive activity, indicated by the hard drive
light on the front of your computer blinking, when you think
the machine should be idle, it may be Windows performing
"housekeeping" chores such as,

Create automatic system restore points
Index your files if you have enabled this through Search
Background defragging
Populate the Prefetch folder

Here's the best article I could find with info about this
process:

Windows XP does not enter standby after the exact period that
is configured in the Power Options profile
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899975/

Good luck

Nepatsfan


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