hard drive light glows all the time

vishalaestro

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from the time i switch on the system the red hdd light starts glowing on but i didn't notice any system slowdown with my system my cpu usage was normal,but some time the hdd light glows normal . any solutions?
 

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You might have a program running in the background consistently, and in some cases this would not affect your CPU usage. however just keep a close eye on your task panel.

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i did check the task manager but still i couldn't find which program was using my hard drive to 100%
 

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i also checked the hard drive activity of all my drives there was not any spikes in any drive the problem is at first when the computer is booted up the activity light glows normal even when entered into the windows but after an hour the problem starts even when i was seeing an youtube video the hdd light glows all the time
 

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