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    What is my HDD doing? (M11x-R1)

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Boertje1991, Jun 17, 2010.

  1. Boertje1991

    Boertje1991 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys,

    Every few seconds my HDD's performance dips. Do you know what is going on? And how I can correct this.
    Thanks! :)
     
    Boertje1991, Jun 17, 2010
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    There's definitely some background task(s) accessing the hard drive. Open up resource monitor to see what they are. To minimize disk activity when idling, I disabled a bunch of non essential services and scheduled tasks.

     
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    Check processes with disk activity in Resource Monitor.

    My disk seems flat access wise with only 33C temp.
     

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    Thanks a lot guys :)
    I found the problem. It was CPUID Hardware Monitor.
    Now I'm getting the right graph again.
    Although it does suck that that program uses so much disk speed :S
     
    Boertje1991, Jun 17, 2010
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