I have noticed recently that when my pc is sitting idle, I will often hear the hard drive start working away for no apparrent reason. I am not really sure if this is normal or not.
Win 7 64
Asus P7P55D
i7-870
4 gig ddr3
GTX 560ti
Cooler Master 80+ 750w psu
After i lock the computer and leave for a bit, i come back to find my hard drive spinning constantly at 100 % reading and writing, but when i touch the mouse and move it it immediately goes away.I've tried disabling the Search Indexer, but that hasnt seemed to stop it. Scheduled defrag is off too. It's an Asus G73JW Laptop?
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