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In article <1993Jan25.181926.19241@donau.et.tudelft.nl> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
>mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas) writes:
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>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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When I boot Windows, hard drive activity stops afer startup and doesn't
occur again until I do something to require it.  If you're running a
program that automatically saves files in the background (word
processor, one of those post-it notes type utilities, spreadsheets --
all will do that if the options to do so are enabled), well, you'll see
a bit of disk activity from time to time.  It sounds like theoriginal
poster's configuration has somehow changed (do you have a disk cache?
How large is it?) or he's using one or more programs that require more
memory and so Windows swaps out to disk...

This may be the equivalent of a Windows Urban Legend, but I've heard
often enough of problems with Windows (mostly 3.0, I admit) that were
solved by increasing the number of file handles in config.sys to 50 or
60 or so.  If you have a disk cache, 15 buffers ought to be okay; if
not, the more the merrier.

Try Windows in standard mode and see how that goes, too...

Good luck!  

jmalloy@hamilton.edu

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