Disc Activity

[Guest Jeff Stanton]

Lately I've noticed a lot of hard disk activity on my HP laptop running XP

Pro SP2. Looking at the process list shows something called System Idle

Process running with a CPU value of from 83 to 94. Any idea what's going on

here?

 

Jeff

[Guest Malke]

Re: Disc Activity

 

Jeff Stanton wrote:

> Lately I've noticed a lot of hard disk activity on my HP laptop running XP

> Pro SP2. Looking at the process list shows something called System Idle

> Process running with a CPU value of from 83 to 94. Any idea what's going

> on here?

 

From Dictionary.com, definition of "idle"

?adjective

1. not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.

2. not spent or filled with activity: idle hours.

3. not in use or operation; not kept busy: idle machinery.

 

The System Idle Process means nothing is happening. You need to look at the

*other* processes to see if something unexpected is running.

 

Malke

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[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: Disc Activity

 

It means that the processor is twiddling its thumbs 83 to 94 % of the

time...

 

John

 

Jeff Stanton wrote:

> Lately I've noticed a lot of hard disk activity on my HP laptop running XP

> Pro SP2. Looking at the process list shows something called System Idle

> Process running with a CPU value of from 83 to 94. Any idea what's going on

> here?

>

> Jeff

>

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