Re: disk access during boot

Thank you very much for the quick response and good advice.

In the meantime I think I have found the culprit: namely a scheduled task for defragmenting my harddisk. Apparently there was something wrong and the task was constantly "analyzing" my harddisk


Rich Barry wrote:
Gabriel, do you have Automatic Updates turned on? It could be that they needed a
restart and are continuing the installation processes.
Do you have Indexing turned on? I would also check the Page file. Rt click My
Computer>select Properties>Advanced>Performance-Settings>Advanced> Virtual Memory-Change. Select no page file, Set and Ok. Restart and reverse the procedure.
Let XP manage it.


gabriel" <gabriel.rosseel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:MnvLi.129988$Qe2.6088869@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Lately when I boot my PC it accesses the hard drive at least 3 min at full blast. During this time it is impossible to do something with the computer except to wait. There is practically no processor activity.

I cleaned my PC of obsolete files, cleaned the registry of obsolete entries, etc..
I used a defragment tool, but all to no avail.

My PC runs XP Professional SP2.
Processor: AMD 1500+ (yes, I know: rather oldà
Memory: 512MB of RAM

My question is: is there a tool with which you can see which proces accesses the hard drive?


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