Two things have to happen at that point that might cause a fair bit of
disk activity:

1.  The "profile" of the user account you've been using must be saved.

2.  If you let Windows manage your swap file (virtual memory), this may be
its cue to deallocate all of the space that was being used.

Dave Gillett


On 11 Sep 2004 at 21:13, Diane Duncan wrote:

> Whenever I Log Off a user or Shutdown my xp machine, the harddrive makes a
> grating sound...sort of like the disc is skipping or something.  I *think*
> it's the hdd.
>
> Any ideas what could be happening?
>
> Thanks,
> Diane
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