EV> Once in a while I will hear noise coming from my FireWire connected
 EV> External WD HD I use with this XP box.

 EV> I suppose McAfee is probably running a scan.

possibly... especially if it scans files when they are being accessed by
something...

there should be a log or at least some onscreen thing in the GUI that tells
the last scaned file...

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