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    Why does my HDD run constantly?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by TT7Truong, Jun 2, 2008.

  1. TT7Truong

    TT7Truong Notebook Enthusiast

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    My new laptop's HDD is begginning to spin constantly. It is not reading or writing anything. It was nice and quiet for the first few days, until I installed company of heroes. I have scanned my HDD with PC doctor and it seems to be in good shape. So I thought this was due to a virus, spyware and ect. I recovered my laptop to factory conditions, but still the problem persists.

    I can hear my HDD run in a quiet room, but barely in a room with the AC on. Is this normal for an HDD to start spinning constantly?
     
    TT7Truong, Jun 2, 2008
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    Either your HDD is near death or I presume you have installed Windows some sort of service runs maybe the indexing service which starts with Windows and tries to accelereate searching and stuff.

    Try deactivating all unneccessary services in Windows and look what Task are running.
     
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    It does run normally all the times,may be at a slower rpm when not used.If you say the HDD light is on,I dnt know.
     
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  4. Gregory

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    Did you install Company of Heroes again after reinstalling the OS? Or was the light staying on constantly after the fresh install before you altered it?
     
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    I did not reinstall the game. The HDD light flickers on and off sometimes, but it is not on constantly.
     
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    It is normal to flicker. There are a lot of background processes going on for an OS to run. Disk optimization while idle for one.

    As another poster recommended turn off any services or startup programs that you don't need to be constantly on. See if it makes any difference.

    If is doesn't seem to make a difference I would take it to get serviced by a professional (since it is brand new and still under warranty).

    What laptop do you have by the way?
     
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  7. TT7Truong

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    I have a Lenovo T61p Thinkpad with 2 gigs of memory, Nvidia Quadros 570 Fx, and a seagate momentus 100 gig 7200RPM HDD.
     
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    I have a Seagate also - and it is constantly clicking when I am idle - this is primarily Vista's services as mentioned above. But form what I have read, Seagate also does not allow for any acoustic adjustments and therefore you can not quiet the clicking sound down. I am probably going to get an Hitachi drive next since Hitachi has this capability.
     
    bubbatex, Jun 2, 2008
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