From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Paul  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 2/22/2026 12:08 PM, Chris wrote:   
   > > Mr. Man-wai Chang  wrote:   
   > >> 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. :)   
   > >   
   > > Oh yes, it did. Especially in MS Word. It would often randomly seek to all   
   > > physical drives when doing other actions. It was some deep-seated   
   > > assumption that everything would be stored on a removable disk and it   
   > > needed to check that it was still there before doing anything.   
   >   
   > If you watch with Process Monitor, you will see some pretty   
   > unbelievable scanning sequences in there. They are logically   
   > unrelated to anything! But what would be the point of me   
   > telling people this. And no, it's not malware.   
      
     No criticism, just a observation:   
      
     You often mention Process Monitor, but as far as I know, Process   
   Monitor is add-on software, while for tasks like this - i.e. checking   
   which processes are doing what on a certain drive - the bundled Resource   
   Monitor is perfectly OK/sufficient.   
      
     Resource Monitor's 'Disk' tab has both a 'Disk Activity' pane - giving   
   program name, PID and File - and a 'Processes with Disk Activity' pane   
   - giving program name, PID and Read/Write/Total B/sec.   
      
     In my experience the 'Disk Activity' pane is often enough for cases   
   like the ones in this thread, especially when combined with the 'Queue   
   Length' graphs per drive in the righthand pane.   
      
     For those unaware of Resource Monitor: You can of course find it by   
   typing the name into Search or by Task Manager -> 'Performance' tab ->   
   three-horizontal-dots icon in the upper right -> Resource Monitor.   
      
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