From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Dave Ings wrote:
> IT gave me a new XP laptop this week, and due to time pressure I've not
> wiped it and scratch reinstalled as has been my custom. So I"m
not 100% sure
> exactly what's on it.
>
> There is some process doing disk I/O every 5-10 seconds even when the
> machine is idle. First time I've seen this on XP, and it's driving me nuts.
> What's the best/easiest tool to identify the process doing the I/O? I tried
> adding I/O Reads to the Task Manager, but that doesn't seem detailed enough
> to identify the offender.
>
> Thanks for any tips.

Quick tip-let.

A) Does it happen if you just boot the machine & don't bother logging in?

B) Are you running any server type services? If so try turning them off,
rebooting & then waiting a little while as per (A).

Adam

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