HDDs switch off - but they shouldn't

[Guest Tracey Woodmason]

Hi

 

I'm hoping that someone just may be able to point me in the right direction

to solve a problem.

 

I have a PC running WinXP Home w/SP3 and I have set up the Power Settings

such that my HDDs DON'T switch off. All well and good so far...but they

still do spin down and stop.

 

What prompted me to write this message was that I have not touch my PC for

perhaps an hour and a half but still the HDDs are spin up and then down

again. On occasions they thrash about doing something but what I've been

unable to find out so far. Am I missing something or is there another

setting which overrules the one set in the Power Settings in the Control

Panel?

 

Also is there some way of finding out (other than using Process Monitor)

what is causing my HDDs to thrash about - I've not had any luck so far with

Process Monitor. Incidentally, I have done a virus check using Avast4 and

everything appears to check out fine.

 

Hoping someone can help

 

Tracey Woodmason

 

PS I hope I'm posting this message in the right newsgroup as I don't know

where else to seek the help I need. If anyone knows of somewhere then please

let me know and I'll give it a try. Thanks.

[Guest JS]

Re: HDDs switch off - but they shouldn't

 

Have you tried Process Monitor:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

 

Once may be able to immediately spot what is causing the sudden burst

of disk activity. If not then by effectively weeding out the background

activity using "Filters" should easily show the info you are looking for.

 

JS

http://www.pagestart.com

 

 

"Tracey Woodmason" <tracey@seasoft.co.uk> wrote in message

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> Hi

>

> I'm hoping that someone just may be able to point me in the right

> direction to solve a problem.

>

> I have a PC running WinXP Home w/SP3 and I have set up the Power Settings

> such that my HDDs DON'T switch off. All well and good so far...but they

> still do spin down and stop.

>

> What prompted me to write this message was that I have not touch my PC for

> perhaps an hour and a half but still the HDDs are spin up and then down

> again. On occasions they thrash about doing something but what I've been

> unable to find out so far. Am I missing something or is there another

> setting which overrules the one set in the Power Settings in the Control

> Panel?

>

> Also is there some way of finding out (other than using Process Monitor)

> what is causing my HDDs to thrash about - I've not had any luck so far

> with Process Monitor. Incidentally, I have done a virus check using Avast4

> and everything appears to check out fine.

>

> Hoping someone can help

>

> Tracey Woodmason

>

> PS I hope I'm posting this message in the right newsgroup as I don't know

> where else to seek the help I need. If anyone knows of somewhere then

> please let me know and I'll give it a try. Thanks.

>

[Guest Unknown]

Re: HDDs switch off - but they shouldn't

 

Obvious something running in the background. Run msconfig and delete items

in startup to find what is running.

"Tracey Woodmason" <tracey@seasoft.co.uk> wrote in message

news:%23ua7LeqEJHA.4948@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Hi

>

> I'm hoping that someone just may be able to point me in the right

> direction to solve a problem.

>

> I have a PC running WinXP Home w/SP3 and I have set up the Power Settings

> such that my HDDs DON'T switch off. All well and good so far...but they

> still do spin down and stop.

>

> What prompted me to write this message was that I have not touch my PC for

> perhaps an hour and a half but still the HDDs are spin up and then down

> again. On occasions they thrash about doing something but what I've been

> unable to find out so far. Am I missing something or is there another

> setting which overrules the one set in the Power Settings in the Control

> Panel?

>

> Also is there some way of finding out (other than using Process Monitor)

> what is causing my HDDs to thrash about - I've not had any luck so far

> with Process Monitor. Incidentally, I have done a virus check using Avast4

> and everything appears to check out fine.

>

> Hoping someone can help

>

> Tracey Woodmason

>

> PS I hope I'm posting this message in the right newsgroup as I don't know

> where else to seek the help I need. If anyone knows of somewhere then

> please let me know and I'll give it a try. Thanks.

>

[Guest Tracey Woodmason]

Re: HDDs switch off - but they shouldn't

 

Hi

 

Many thanks for your replies but I'm not really sure either suggestion is

that helpful. I've already tried using Process Monitor but to no avail - and

I don't have the time to check using msconfig and disabling programs one at

a time. I think I'll just let it go at this time. Apart from this I'm not

sure I won't be re-installing XP in the next couple of weeks anyway. Again

many thanks to you both.

 

Tracey

 

 

 

 

 

"Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote in message

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> Obvious something running in the background. Run msconfig and delete items

> in startup to find what is running.

> "Tracey Woodmason" <tracey@seasoft.co.uk> wrote in message

> news:%23ua7LeqEJHA.4948@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Hi

>>

>> I'm hoping that someone just may be able to point me in the right

>> direction to solve a problem.

>>

>> I have a PC running WinXP Home w/SP3 and I have set up the Power Settings

>> such that my HDDs DON'T switch off. All well and good so far...but they

>> still do spin down and stop.

>>

>> What prompted me to write this message was that I have not touch my PC

>> for perhaps an hour and a half but still the HDDs are spin up and then

>> down again. On occasions they thrash about doing something but what I've

>> been unable to find out so far. Am I missing something or is there

>> another setting which overrules the one set in the Power Settings in the

>> Control Panel?

>>

>> Also is there some way of finding out (other than using Process Monitor)

>> what is causing my HDDs to thrash about - I've not had any luck so far

>> with Process Monitor. Incidentally, I have done a virus check using

>> Avast4 and everything appears to check out fine.

>>

>> Hoping someone can help

>>

>> Tracey Woodmason

>>

>> PS I hope I'm posting this message in the right newsgroup as I don't know

>> where else to seek the help I need. If anyone knows of somewhere then

>> please let me know and I'll give it a try. Thanks.

>>

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