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   Mr. Man-wai Chang to micky   
   Re: USB fblash drive light goes on for n   
   20 Feb 26 12:24:58   
   
   From: toylet.toylet@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/20/2026 12:34 AM, micky wrote:   
   >   
   > I should have thought of those, but...   
   >   
   >> A virus scan?   
   >   
   >    Been happeing now for 3.5 hours, and maybe last night too.  No scan   
   > takes that long.   
   >   
   >> Automatic defrag?   
   >   
   >    Just wrote the files yesterday to a blank flashdrive, 3GB into a 16GB   
   > drive.  No fragmenting to defrag. ---  But in general, do I have   
   > automatic defragging?  How would I know?   
      
   Just my wild guesses. I am also curious about the constantly flashing HD   
   LED as well, not just the USB ports!!   
      
   Back in the MS-DOS single-user, no-networking days, everything was more   
   certain. The floppy diskette drive never ever made a sound suddenly. :)   
      
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