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    Inspiron 1520 Disk 100% Active Time Usage

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by irniron, Dec 8, 2007.

  1. irniron

    irniron Newbie

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    Got my laptop about a month ago and need a new battery as the computer will not load up without being plugged to mains. Anyway for no apparent reason the laptop will freeze up for about a minute for no apparent reason when surfing the net or other similar activity. I checked the CPU usage and it was at a normal level and have finally discovered through the Resource Monitor that the Disk is running at 100% even though read/write bits are at the same level as when it is running at about 5%?

    Anythoughts on why this may be?

    Thanks
     
    irniron, Dec 8, 2007
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  2. John B

    John B Notebook Prophet

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    Have you scanned with antivirus & antispyware?
     
    John B, Dec 8, 2007
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    irniron Newbie

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    Yep, I'ts been happening since I've got it. I've ran the BIOS but not problems were highlighted.
     
    irniron, Dec 8, 2007
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    irniron Newbie

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    Anyone else with any ideas or could list afew sights that I could report my problem on?
     
    irniron, Dec 10, 2007
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