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Acer laptop with Windows Vista.
Lately it appears "busy" periodically.
What's actually happening is exactly every 30 seconds, something is hogging the hard disk for exactly 5 seconds.
this repeats every 30 seconds.
So obviously any application that wants disk access has to wait, giving the impression of the PC grinding to a complete standstill every 30 seconds.
I've spent hours on it. ran every diagnostic I can find, no malware, no viruses.
I've tried exploring with task manager, and can't pinpoint what application or process is doing this. Looking at disk activity that shoots up to 100% every 30 seconds, but again, I can't pinpoint one application or process responsible, instead it seems whatever process is accessing the disk at the time is the one that shows the high disk activity.
So I am wondering could this be something the hard disk is doing itself? some internal calibration? perhaps the HDD is not well?
If you listen carefully when this 5 seconds of disk activity happens, it's not the random movement of the head that you normally hear, it's about 8 or so bursts of the head motor stepping, which is what's leading me to think the head is scanning back and forth from end to end a few times perhaps.
Anyone had anything like this before? if so what was the solution?
Lately it appears "busy" periodically.
What's actually happening is exactly every 30 seconds, something is hogging the hard disk for exactly 5 seconds.
this repeats every 30 seconds.
So obviously any application that wants disk access has to wait, giving the impression of the PC grinding to a complete standstill every 30 seconds.
I've spent hours on it. ran every diagnostic I can find, no malware, no viruses.
I've tried exploring with task manager, and can't pinpoint what application or process is doing this. Looking at disk activity that shoots up to 100% every 30 seconds, but again, I can't pinpoint one application or process responsible, instead it seems whatever process is accessing the disk at the time is the one that shows the high disk activity.
So I am wondering could this be something the hard disk is doing itself? some internal calibration? perhaps the HDD is not well?
If you listen carefully when this 5 seconds of disk activity happens, it's not the random movement of the head that you normally hear, it's about 8 or so bursts of the head motor stepping, which is what's leading me to think the head is scanning back and forth from end to end a few times perhaps.
Anyone had anything like this before? if so what was the solution?