At 08:31 AM 3/29/00 +0100, you wrote:
>My problem is that sometimes when loading a data file into an application
>there is a delay which seems to last for a long time but is probably a
>second or so (the hard drive light is on) followed by what I can only
>describe as a 'clunk' sound and then the file loads.
>
>Should I be worried about this, the sound seems to be mechanical in nature.
>
>Mike Mason

My opinion from experience is that the sound you are referring to is the
hard drive "spinning up" after a period of "sleep".  You see with the
advanced power management capabilities of Windows 95 and up, your hard
drives may be set to go in to a low power mode (or sleep) after a
pre-programmed period of time.  If the drive goes to sleep, it will take a
few seconds for it to wake up and process the data request.

Without hearing and seeing what exactly is happening, this is just an
educated guess.


Eric

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