HD Access Every Second
This nearly-new computer running XP Home flashes its disk-access light every second. The Windows Task Manager shows the System Idle Process at 99%. Ever so seldom explorer.exe will take 2%. But this is whether or not I'm using either Windows or Internet Explorer.
Nothing else seems to take any resources. My guess is that explorer.exe runs every seconds tick - and this often requires a disk seek with an audible "tick". I've defragged the HD and that reduced the audible seek tick.
I seem to be an unwilling life-tester for the disk's head movement mechanism.
What, if anything, should I do?
Thanks,
seacue