At 20:36 9/13/2004, Dave Gillett wrote:
>   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
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Hi,

Should I be concerned about the noise, or is it considered normal?  (It is
the hdd)

thanks,
Diane

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>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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