I have a problem. I'm running Win XP SP3 on a Toshiba laptop, on a WD Scorio hard drive. Of late the drive never stops spinning - the noise it makes when accessed never stops, even when no applications are running. I switched off indexing, and I removed "allow indexing" attributes from the drive. And yes, I defragmented the drive and there's a lot of free space on it. Can anyone tell me what the ____ is going on and what process is accessing the drive? Process Monitor doesn't help - the processes it lists are legitimate, like Explorer. How can I fix this problem - this cannot be right, and I'm tired of the bloody noise.1 person needs an answerI do too

I have a problem. I'm running Win XP SP3 on a Toshiba laptop, on a WD Scorio hard drive. Of late the drive never stops spinning - the noise it makes when accessed never stops, even when no applications are running. I switched off indexing, and I removed "allow indexing" attributes from the drive. And yes, I defragmented the drive and there's a lot of free space on it. Can anyone tell me what the ____ is going on and what process is accessing the drive? Process Monitor doesn't help - the processes it lists are legitimate, like Explorer. How can I fix this problem - this cannot be right, and I'm tired of the bloody noise.Does the Laptop Slow when you open programs/files/directories?It can be the laptop is overheating and the CPU fan trying to cool down the system or the CPU clotted with Dusts and hair, and need to be cleaned by blowing the Dust out by using Anti-static Air Duster.Also, if it is grinding noise, it can mean the HDD is going bad, please backup your sensitive Data and be ready when the day come!Use these tools to get a clear idea what is running on your system and may causing the HDD to spin fast causing the Noise if that true!Disk Usage v1.34http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896651.aspxProcess Explorer v12.04http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspxnass -- http://www.nasstec.co.uk