External hard drive always being accessed

smurfdude · Jan 18, 2008, 01:16 PM

I have a 500gb external hd, and sometimes it seems to cause a delay when i go in to OTHER hard drives, an sometimes when i open programs, which are in no way related to that external drive

why is my external hard drive being accessed when i'm using stuff on different hard drives? all i have on it is some movies and tv programs, no installed programs, so i have no idea why it would need to spin up an be in use unless i specifically use one of those movies or tv programs

BlueMak · Jan 18, 2008, 03:00 PM

Make sure you have the indexing service turned off.

Right click on the hard drive, properties, and clear the box at the bottom about indexing. Click ok. You might need to reboot, don't remember.

kn00tcn · Jan 19, 2008, 05:28 AM

no reboot needed, i'd just shut the indexing service all together

any cataloging progs? itunes? some media manager? etc

hm one idea, use sysinternals' filemon & regmon to spot any reads to the drive

smurfdude · Jan 19, 2008, 06:51 PM

turning off the indexing has solved it. thanks

Jan 18, 2008, 01:16 PM	#1
smurfdude DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 79 Rep Power: 0	External hard drive always being accessed I have a 500gb external hd, and sometimes it seems to cause a delay when i go in to OTHER hard drives, an sometimes when i open programs, which are in no way related to that external drive why is my external hard drive being accessed when i'm using stuff on different hard drives? all i have on it is some movies and tv programs, no installed programs, so i have no idea why it would need to spin up an be in use unless i specifically use one of those movies or tv programs

Jan 18, 2008, 03:00 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Make sure you have the indexing service turned off. Right click on the hard drive, properties, and clear the box at the bottom about indexing. Click ok. You might need to reboot, don't remember. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Jan 19, 2008, 05:28 AM	#3
kn00tcn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 649 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	no reboot needed, i'd just shut the indexing service all together any cataloging progs? itunes? some media manager? etc hm one idea, use sysinternals' filemon & regmon to spot any reads to the drive __________________ http://www.kn00tcn.net/site/ati-catalyst-profiles/ http://www.kn00tcn.net/FPSLimiter.rar

Jan 19, 2008, 06:51 PM	Thread Starter #4
smurfdude DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 79 Rep Power: 0	turning off the indexing has solved it. thanks