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Article #11867Re: HD lights flicker in Windows 3.1 ?
From: Jochen Bern
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:04
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:04
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In <1993Jan25.181926.19241@donau.et.tudelft.nl> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes: >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. Windows keeps its Swap Space on Disk, and it uses Caching Mechanisms. Every now and then, it should have a Look whether it can flush them. Maybe it maintains a "Last Flush" Timestamp on the Disk? Regards, J. Bern -- / \ I hate NN rejecting .sigs >4 lines. Even though *I* set up this one. /\ / J. \ EMail: bern@[TI.]Uni-Trier.DE / ham: DD0KZ / More Infos on me from / \ \Bern/ X.400 Mail: S=BERN;P=Uni-Trier;A=dbp;C=de / X.400 Directory, see \ / \ / Zurmaiener Str. 98-100, D-W-5500 Trier / X.29 # 45050230303. \/
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!ira.uka.de!Germany.EU.net!rzultr.uni-trier.de!TI.Uni-Trier.DE!bern From: bern@Uni-Trier.DE (Jochen Bern) Subject: Re: HD lights flicker in Windows 3.1 ? Message-ID: <bern.728071497@kleopatra> Originator: bern@kleopatra Sender: news@rzultr.uni-trier.de (USENET News System) Organization: Theor. CS, FB IV / CS, Univ. of Trier, Germany (Internet TI.Uni-Trier.DE) References: <C1EEq5.Ky1@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan25.141024.6013@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <1993Jan25.181926.19241@donau.et.tudelft.nl> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:04:57 GMT Lines: 16