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    HD TUNE - what do these drop spikes mean ?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by lowspeed, Sep 9, 2007.

  1. lowspeed

    lowspeed Notebook Evangelist

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    lowspeed, Sep 9, 2007
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    It means that your hard disk is being used probably by windows during your test. It says so in the FAQ at the HDTune website.
     
    braddd, Sep 9, 2007
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  3. Les

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    I would suggest you turn everything off that is running extra and try to get a pure score.
     
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