hard drive working overtime
Hi all,
First time posting on this site! For the last six months or so, I've been having the same problem of a spinning hard drive. I leave my computer on at all times and it occurs when I've left the computer idle for a period of time. I've run adaware and run with Norton Antivirus and internet security on. I don't know if this matters, but I run through a cable connection and have a Dlink DI-524 wireless router. I've got windows xp pro. Otherwise the hard drive is a little slow, but works fine.
I think that it may be a virus that is sending out information or in some way using my computer during this idle time - particularly at night - but that's really just a hunch - I don't have any real information that would indicate that. I started this thread in the malware section originally, but they suggested that I start with the hardware group first - so I'm reposting it here.
Any suggestions to figure out what is causing the hard drive to keep working when I'm not using it - or how to stop it - other than shutting down?
Thanks
First time posting on this site! For the last six months or so, I've been having the same problem of a spinning hard drive. I leave my computer on at all times and it occurs when I've left the computer idle for a period of time. I've run adaware and run with Norton Antivirus and internet security on. I don't know if this matters, but I run through a cable connection and have a Dlink DI-524 wireless router. I've got windows xp pro. Otherwise the hard drive is a little slow, but works fine.
I think that it may be a virus that is sending out information or in some way using my computer during this idle time - particularly at night - but that's really just a hunch - I don't have any real information that would indicate that. I started this thread in the malware section originally, but they suggested that I start with the hardware group first - so I'm reposting it here.
Any suggestions to figure out what is causing the hard drive to keep working when I'm not using it - or how to stop it - other than shutting down?
Thanks
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I tried the defrag initially but that didn't stop it...it's been going on for months now.
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18846
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?p=429611
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