permanent disk activity, why?

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From: jacob (jacob_mu_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/02/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 20:55:06 +0200

Hi,
my disk indicates permanent activity from start-up until shut-down.
according to the red led(lamp) the disk is periodically accessed
like a clock (about 1/sec). The Task Manager includes about 35
processes(cpu=00), and one inactive(idle?) system process with
cpu =97-98.
is this normal? i'm concerned about the life-time of the disk ~)
how can i trace the process(app?) that causes it? 

----
Tia
jacob

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