Re: Unexplained hard drive access
- From: "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 07:16:30 -0800
It usually takes a combination of tools to solve a problem like this.
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Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
www.vistahelp.ca
JS wrote:
I'm still using a wired router, so I can't say. Why not try the
suggestion that Kerry Brown made in this post:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx
Filemon may just show what file is being accessed and help narrow
down the problem.
JS
"Greg" <oliva1@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I changed the update speed in Process Explorer which gives better
results. The problem appears to be a svchost.exe process. Mouse over
ballon says Remote Procedure Call (RPC). I checked Task Manager and
the User Name column says NETWORK SERVICES. Could this be caused by
a recent upgrade from an old D-link wired router to a Linksys
wireless router for cable internet for two computers?
"JS" <@> wrote in message
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Can you list what the two items are, please use exact
spelling/wording as shown in Process Explorer.
I'll Google and see what there is to see.
JS
"Greg" <oliva1@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I ran Process Explorer and 2 items use a small amount of CPU time
during the hard drive access: Hardware Interupts and Deferred
Procedure Calls. Clicking on these items shows nothing in the
Process Explorer lower pane. I Googled them but the information is
way over my head - don't know what they are talking about.
"JS" <@> wrote in message
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You need to find the specific process or application that's runs
every seven seconds.
You can do this with Windows Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del key),
select the Processes Tab,
Next, click on the CPU column twice, this should bring the System
Idle process to the top (as long as you are not using any other
applications). Then about every 7 seconds you should another
process float to or near the top of the list. This could be the
Indexing service and if it is you need to decide if you can live
without it. For more exploratory detail download and try Process
Explorer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx
Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show
Lower Pane' options.
(This will provide the detailed info you need)
Next click on the CPU column to sort processes by %CPU usage.
Then click on the process of interest that's listed in the CPU %
column,
once it's highlighted, right click and from the options listed
select: google
This should display what out there on the web about that process.
Note: some entries like Explorer and svchost may need to be
expanded to show the detail,
(sub processes), in this case click on the + located to the left
on the entry.
Still another tool is What's Running
http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx
JS
"Greg" <oliva1@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
Something is accessing my hard drive for about a half second
every 7 seconds. How do I find out what is causing this?
.
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