It's not that, I Run Norton 2004, AVG, Spybot, Have ICF on , Have a hardware Firewall (router  ). Use automatic updates, Installed SP2 for XP the other day without a hitch.





Virus, worm, spyware, trojan.  Take your pick, you probably have one or
more
of 'em.

Start by making sure your AV software is running and up-to-date, and
scan
the entire system.
Make sure XP is up-to-date on security patches.  (Windows Update,
critical
updates)
Make sure the XP Internet Connection Firewall is enabled.

If no help after all this come back for round 2.

Carl

-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of glenn bennington
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 3:11 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] harddrive running constantly

Hello solvers of problems large and small,
Not sure if this is software or hardware issue, but its affecting
hardware.
Have a Dell (sorry) 4600 , 40gb, 256mb ram,Windows XP home. Acouple of
months ago the harddrive started running whenever the computer is on.
even
setting my power options to go to standby after 10 minutes of idle
dosn't work.( sometimes, it has a mind of its own) I can put it on standby manually and it works


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