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[peterkingswell]

Hi,

the HDD is constantly grinding on this new machine, especially at startup. I've disabled unnecessary startup items, ran chkdsk to no avail.  When I view disk activity in the Resource Monitor, c:\pagefile.sys was constantly being accessed so I disabled the page file.  Same problem but just with different files (e.g. c:\$LogFile).

The BIOS and drivers are all up-to-date.  Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can try or what it might be?  I really don't want to do a fresh install, especially as there's a good chance it won't address the problem.

Many thanks,

Peter

[freeza]

Good day Peter

Windows disk check is not always accurate even though it should be. I suggest you rather do a HDD test using seatools:

http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/seatools-win-master/ or  an ISO: http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/

Regards,

Freeza

[peterkingswell]

many thanks Freeza!

Pete

[peterkingswell]

Hi,

the "generic" tests have come up clean.  If I select the "Advanced" test, I get the below warning.  Am I OK to proceed?

Pete

The Advanced Tests menu has options that could erase your data or make the drive unusable for your system. If you continue you could lose data.