Sometimes when I have my PC on my hard drive will just take off with a bunch of activity. The activity light starts flickering on and off and I can hear the drive making noises like data is being accessed or written. This will go on for usually 3-5 minutes non-stop and then it pretty much gets quiet. It will happen sometimes once a day but a few times it's been twice or three times in one day.
I have my anti-virus software (Symantec) set to automatically update each night at 9:00 pm so I don't think it's that. And my anti-spyware software (Spyware Doctor) updates randomly but it always gives me a pop-up when it updates telling me so. The HD activity doesn't seem to be related to the Symantec or Spyware Doctor updates in my opinion.
Do you think this is just the OS doing some sort of normal thing that it does? Some kind of check or something like that? All of my virus and spyware scans turn up normal and I have Data Execution Prevention turned on. My Hijack This log appears normal, too.
I have my anti-virus software (Symantec) set to automatically update each night at 9:00 pm so I don't think it's that. And my anti-spyware software (Spyware Doctor) updates randomly but it always gives me a pop-up when it updates telling me so. The HD activity doesn't seem to be related to the Symantec or Spyware Doctor updates in my opinion.
Do you think this is just the OS doing some sort of normal thing that it does? Some kind of check or something like that? All of my virus and spyware scans turn up normal and I have Data Execution Prevention turned on. My Hijack This log appears normal, too.