- Dec 26, 2013
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I’m using Win 8.1 64-bit on a Samsung 840 Evo SSD with a secondary Western Digital Blue HDD that’s empty except for downloads, no executables.
I’ve had this exact computer since August however can only clearly remember having this annoying issue since January when I believe I installed everything over.
My issue is that my HDD starts spinning all the time. I have set it to spin down after 5 minutes because it’s the noisiest component in my computer and I only access it every few days since I don’t really have much of value on it. So ideally it should be quiet unless I’m directly accessing it. Instead it will start spinning every now and then without explanation and spin down after 5 minutes.
It started spinning more often until I used the Task Scheduler and changed everything I could to 18.00 every day, some maintenance and such. Unfortunately it still starts spinning a few times every day and at least some of it seems to be because of Windows updates or maintenance that I can’t seem to turn off… however what makes me wonder is why my HDD starts spinning during these actions at all. Considering there’s no Windows components on the HDD.
I’m considering buying another SSD, that’s how damn annoying it is to have the HDD start making noise when I’m not telling it to.
Does anyone know how to solve this issue? The only thing I can think of that I haven’t tried is to get some software to detect the exact data accessed when it happens. Task Manager usually shows nothing out of the ordinary except for the process:
MsMpEng.exe
And it appears to be trying to access:
\Device\Harddisk0\DR0
\Device\Harddisk1\DR1
\Device\HarddiskVolume2
\Device\HarddiskVolume3
Which of I believe “Harddisk0” is my HDD and Harddisk1 is my SSD.
I’ve had this exact computer since August however can only clearly remember having this annoying issue since January when I believe I installed everything over.
My issue is that my HDD starts spinning all the time. I have set it to spin down after 5 minutes because it’s the noisiest component in my computer and I only access it every few days since I don’t really have much of value on it. So ideally it should be quiet unless I’m directly accessing it. Instead it will start spinning every now and then without explanation and spin down after 5 minutes.
It started spinning more often until I used the Task Scheduler and changed everything I could to 18.00 every day, some maintenance and such. Unfortunately it still starts spinning a few times every day and at least some of it seems to be because of Windows updates or maintenance that I can’t seem to turn off… however what makes me wonder is why my HDD starts spinning during these actions at all. Considering there’s no Windows components on the HDD.
I’m considering buying another SSD, that’s how damn annoying it is to have the HDD start making noise when I’m not telling it to.
Does anyone know how to solve this issue? The only thing I can think of that I haven’t tried is to get some software to detect the exact data accessed when it happens. Task Manager usually shows nothing out of the ordinary except for the process:
MsMpEng.exe
And it appears to be trying to access:
\Device\Harddisk0\DR0
\Device\Harddisk1\DR1
\Device\HarddiskVolume2
\Device\HarddiskVolume3
Which of I believe “Harddisk0” is my HDD and Harddisk1 is my SSD.
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