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>From: Ian McVicar <icm63@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: OmegaList <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Hard drive keeps running, computer freezes : Help ?
>Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 07:40:17 +1200 (NZST)
>
>Hi,
>
>My system
>Win 2000 sp2
>ADSL
>Ram 384
>Intel 660 MHZ
>HD 20 Gig, 6 free
>I defrag 3 times a week
>
>I have a light on my PC named "HDD" or my guess Hard drive busy light. My
>hard
>drive churns over for, it seams ages, like a 2 minutes, and while it does
>that
>my computer wont do anything, mouse cursor wont move, nothing. So not good
>for
>trading. I have a an application that removes unwanted files (ie tmp, bak,
>etc
>and registry entries that have no key ( ie EasyCleaner from Downloads.com).
>
>So it thought that I have a tidy hard drive, but it continues.
>Any ideas
>
>thx in advance
>
>Ian McV
>
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