On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:56:10 -0400, "webster72n"
<webster72n@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uWHAucE9JHA.288@xxxxxx Quote:
> > FOOD FOR THOUGHT
> >
> > I was talking to Western Digital today and they gave me an RMA to return a
> > "defective" 1 gig hard drive that sounded like a garbage truck for the
> > past 4-5 days. I could hear the drive in the next room while watching
> > television. I'm glad to say I don't have to return the drive.
> >
> > Today I downloaded the beta of Microsoft Security Essentials for testing
> > purposes. I uninstalled Avast and installed MSE. After a reboot (I always
> > do this after an install) the hard drive was quiet! The drive had
> > previously sounded like the heads were slamming into the stops. What a
> > noise. I also checked my processes in Task Manager and found that one
> > Avast process had over 22 **BILLION** read accesses within 1/2 hour after
> > booting up.
> >
> > Anyway, all now seems well. I guess it was an Avast update that started my
> > main hard drive going spastic.
>
> My Avast don't present me with any of the symptoms you describe and I
> definitely don't think it is the culprit.
Although I run NOD32 on my main computer, I run Avast on two other
computers here. I've also installed it for several other people. Like
you, I haven't had any problems such as the one Richard had.
Why he has experienced the "22 **BILLION** read accesses within 1/2
hour," I don't know.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup