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mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas) writes:

>In article <C1EEq5.Ky1@news.cso.uiuc.edu> bes38869@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Bard Duelak   ) writes:
>>	I have a 386DX@40Mhz, w/ a Maxtor 7120A 130Mb Hd, and a
>>Cirrus GD54 video card.  I havent noticed this before, but when I enter
>>Windows, it seems to be taking longer for it to start up, and then when 
>>it finally does, Windows seems to be accessin the HD alot, and when it isnt
>>accessing the HD, the HD lights constantly flicker.  They dont do this
>>running under DOS.  I have even run the most recent version of scan on
>>all the files on the hard drive, and no viruses are reported.
>>	Has anyone had this problem, or know what is causing it and
>>how to stop it?  Please post, or reply by e-mail.

>How many buffers and files do you have set in your config.sys?  If you don't
>have enough of either, Windows will be foreced to do a lot of disk accessing
>(at least, that has been my experience).  I set 30 files and 15 buffers,
>though your mileage may vary, if this is indeed the problem.

Last time I looked (ages ago) windows keeps accessing the harddisk
periodically (every3-5 seconds) even when it isn't touched.
I never found a valid reason for it doing so.



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