May 20, 2006 #1 P perplex Gawd Joined May 25, 2005 Messages 773 Can someone explain to me why the fuck my laptop's HDD is constantly scratching away while my laptop is idle and I'm in bed? I do mean literally seeking/writing/whatever the fuck *constantly*.
Can someone explain to me why the fuck my laptop's HDD is constantly scratching away while my laptop is idle and I'm in bed? I do mean literally seeking/writing/whatever the fuck *constantly*.
May 20, 2006 #2 P Parmenides Supreme [H]ardness Joined Apr 25, 2006 Messages 6,578 You have other friends from far away using your computer?
May 20, 2006 #3 R RocketFast321 Gawd Joined Apr 3, 2002 Messages 688 turn off the index thing and see what happens
May 20, 2006 #4 TeeJayHoward Limpness Supreme Joined Feb 8, 2005 Messages 12,269 Oh, that's easy to fix. Just get the biggest hammer you have around the house, and... (Or, alternately, you could look at perfmon and find out what's writing to disk. Hell if I know how to do it, though.)
Oh, that's easy to fix. Just get the biggest hammer you have around the house, and... (Or, alternately, you could look at perfmon and find out what's writing to disk. Hell if I know how to do it, though.)
May 21, 2006 #5 P perplex Gawd Joined May 25, 2005 Messages 773 The indexing thing is off. I thought HDDs spin down when computer is idle?
May 22, 2006 #6 F Farva Extremely [H] Joined Feb 3, 2004 Messages 38,147 i've noticed this with my laptop as well. how do u turn off the indexing exactly?