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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 9:35 am to Spock's Eyebrow
Thanks. My internet has been running slow when the HD grinds.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:37 am to chinhoyang
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Why would a hard drive start running aggressively
Lose weight to impress new software
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:57 am to guedeaux
quote:Trying to get away from that shady-looking bluray drive.quote:Lose weight to impress new software
Why would a hard drive start running aggressively
Posted on 3/30/17 at 10:01 am to chinhoyang
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My internet has been running slow when the HD grinds.
If your computer as a whole slows down, that's concerning. Could be due to excessive paging or Cryptowall. The other processes I mentioned are intended to be unobtrusive and back off when there's user activity. Another possibility in that vein is search indexing.
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 10:59 am to Spock's Eyebrow
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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.
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.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 11:38 am to foshizzle
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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.
That's what I was referring to by "excessive paging." When it happens, you'll know it, because the whole computer will slow to a crawl. It's very unusual, IME, but YMMV depending on what you use your computer for.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 11:47 am to txbd
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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.
This. All too often I see failing hard drives with warning signs - excessive noise/winding, clicking, and overall system freezes or slowdown.
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 11:48 am
Posted on 3/30/17 at 12:08 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
Thought of still another cause: I have two Hitachi 2 TB drives that occasionally perform lengthy thermal recalibration cycles. The activity stops immediately when the computer accesses the drive, so it doesn't slow anything down, and it resumes as soon as the drive goes idle again. The activity LED doesn't flicker while the drive is pleasuring itself. 
Posted on 3/30/17 at 6:27 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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That's what I was referring to by "excessive paging."
I thought so, but didn't know if the OP realized it.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 6:28 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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The activity LED doesn't flicker while the drive is pleasuring itself.
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I have two Hitachi 2 TB drives
Coincidence? I think not.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:27 pm to foshizzle
I wish I had made that connection when I wrote my post, but I would have said the same thing about a Western Digital.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 3:35 am to Spock's Eyebrow
There's nothing more disconcerting than being 12 hours into a rebuild from dual drive failure on a zfs-2 and hearing a third drive start whining. 
It was then and there that I decided to stop using the cheapest drives.
It was then and there that I decided to stop using the cheapest drives.
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