Re: [OT] HDD Activity

["Andrew Kilgore" <amkilgore@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,

Fujitsu made a bad batch of HDs about 2 years ago - not sure if this is
what
Jonathan was referring to.
See http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/27268.html
for more info.

Thanks,
Andy.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Fletcher" <timfletcher@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] HDD Activity


> Yes a Fujitsu - is that significant?  It holds a backup copy data, so
it
isn't too important so long as the system continues to work - now if my
primary driver were to fail at the same time.....
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Jonathan@Home
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 8:43 PM
>   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] HDD Activity
>
>
>   Have you checked for spyware, use adaware to check for any junk esp
if
you
>   have installed anything like Kazaa.  How old is the disk? Is it
Fujitsu?
I'd
>   get a backup of anything important just in case it is starting to
gronk.
>
>   Cheers
>   Jonathan
>
>     _____
>
>   From: Tim Fletcher [mailto:timfletcher@xxxxxxx]
>   Sent: 29 September 2003 15:00
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] HDD Activity
>
>   I have noticed an annoying noise coming from my HDD - Every 10
seconds
>   exactly it buzzes with an access for about 0.5 seconds.  Once
noticed it
is
>   like the chinese water torture.  I have tried stopping everything
>   non-essential and it still continues - It is unusually loud as well
- I
>   can't usually hear disk accesses.
>
>   Has anyone got an idea of how I could detect the process
responsible?
WInXP
>   Pro.
>
>   I must back it all up or there might be consequences!!!
>
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