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    Hard Drive Activity

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by inchyfingers, Apr 4, 2009.

  1. inchyfingers

    inchyfingers Notebook Consultant

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    Is it normal that the hard drive indicator (blue logo) on my G50 is always blinking (at least once every 2 seconds but usually more) ? I have the 3 months free Norton Anti Virus. Is that what's causing it??
     
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    Unless Norton is running an idle time scan (it'll tell you if it is), then no, it shouldn't be constantly using the hard drive. You likely have a lot of background applications that are accessing the hard drive, which is seemingly showing frequent hard drive activity. I wouldn't be too worried about it, unless you experience slow performance.
     
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    inchyfingers Notebook Consultant

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    Would the constant spinning of the hard drive wear it out really fast?
     
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