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To: thecow who wrote (24842)	1/20/2002 8:44:43 PM
From: thecow	Respond to of 110653

From today's Langa letter (unlinkable) What's Churning Your Hard Drive? Just about every Windows users has, at one time or another, seen his or her hard drive burst into life for no obvious reason. What the heck is going on? Sometimes, you can figure it out by seeing what's running on the Task Bar or via the Task Manager. Other times, you can make an educated guess about things like the Swapfile growing/shrinking itself. But some bursts of activity can remain stubbornly mysterious. Reader Jerry Rubackin found a way to help clear up the mystery on Win95/98/ME boxes: [DiskAction] is perfect for those of us who keep wondering..."Why do i hear all that disc activity without any input from me?" I think it's good enough to share.... All the best!!--- Jerry Rubackin [from the site] "Have you ever wondered why your hard drive starts cranking away sometimes--seemingly of its own volition--when you're not even sitting at the computer? This issue's utility, DiskAction, tells you what the machine is doing. DiskAction sits in the system tray, monitoring the hard drives you designate. The tray icon, which appears when you launch the program, is a picture of a hard drive with a light that flashes green to indicate activity. To see the last 12 processes that accessed the hard drive, you double-click the tray icon. A Refresh button lets you view drive accesses that occurred after you opened the dialog box. You can also clear the list and start monitoring anew...." There's lots more, but you can get the full scoop on the tool at pcmag.com and download it at pcmag.com Note: The ZD site requires that you register before you download anything. Sorry--- nothing I can do about that!