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Why would a hard drive start running aggressively?
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:23 am
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:23 am
Windows
For the last ten minutes (it is now slowing down but I can still hear the hard drive running), my hard drive has been banging away as if it is running full blast. Is there a way to tell what it is doing? I thought it was Carbonite backing up, but that was not the case.
I ran task manager and it showed no CPU usage on processes.
As I typed this, the running finally slowed to a crawl.
For the last ten minutes (it is now slowing down but I can still hear the hard drive running), my hard drive has been banging away as if it is running full blast. Is there a way to tell what it is doing? I thought it was Carbonite backing up, but that was not the case.
I ran task manager and it showed no CPU usage on processes.
As I typed this, the running finally slowed to a crawl.
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Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:31 am to chinhoyang
Antivirus, defragmenter, Cryptowall...
Resource Monitor comes with Windows and can help you determine which process is responsible. For even more detail, see Sysinternals Process Monitor.
Resource Monitor comes with Windows and can help you determine which process is responsible. For even more detail, see Sysinternals Process Monitor.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:37 am to chinhoyang
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Why would a hard drive start running aggressively
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Posted on 3/30/17 at 10:21 am to chinhoyang
Is it a SATA drive or an SSD? Do you hear clicking? If so, back up your shite immediately and order a new hard drive.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 11:15 am to chinhoyang
Usually it's because something is hogging your memory and Windows responds by using a portion of your drive as a substitute so it can keep running. A look at your Task Manager should tell you if your physical memory use is really high and which process is the culprit.
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