Hello all,
I have a 1TB Western Digital Mybook Essential.
It works just fine as an external hard drive for generic backup storage, no problems there, pretty pleased overall.
However, I noticed that over the past month or so, there are three processes running associated with it that cause occasional RAM spikes that are HUGE.
The chief culprit is:
"WD File Management Engine" (WDFME.EXE)
When this process is running, it will occasionaly spike RAM usage to 80%, sometimes nearly to 90%. WDFME.EXE starts automatically whenever I startup my computer.
I went on some other forums, and some people say that to get around this, they simply shut down all the processes running that are associated with their WD drive when they are working at their computers. These are WD File Management Engine, WD Business Rule, and a third one I cannot remember the name of.
That's what I don't get. I shut down those processes as well, and yet I can still use my drive normally, I can add files to it and delete files from it. It seems that none of the .EXE processes that are running in the background are actually needed for normal drive use.
So, what the heck is WDFME.EXE??? An update engine? Software udpates? Any way to permanently disable it(if it's not needed), to prevent it from being a RAM hog?
This appears to be happening to a lot of people with WD external drives, so I know that this isn't likely to be a problem with my PC.
Thanks in advance....
I have a 1TB Western Digital Mybook Essential.
It works just fine as an external hard drive for generic backup storage, no problems there, pretty pleased overall.
However, I noticed that over the past month or so, there are three processes running associated with it that cause occasional RAM spikes that are HUGE.
The chief culprit is:
"WD File Management Engine" (WDFME.EXE)
When this process is running, it will occasionaly spike RAM usage to 80%, sometimes nearly to 90%. WDFME.EXE starts automatically whenever I startup my computer.
I went on some other forums, and some people say that to get around this, they simply shut down all the processes running that are associated with their WD drive when they are working at their computers. These are WD File Management Engine, WD Business Rule, and a third one I cannot remember the name of.
That's what I don't get. I shut down those processes as well, and yet I can still use my drive normally, I can add files to it and delete files from it. It seems that none of the .EXE processes that are running in the background are actually needed for normal drive use.
So, what the heck is WDFME.EXE??? An update engine? Software udpates? Any way to permanently disable it(if it's not needed), to prevent it from being a RAM hog?
This appears to be happening to a lot of people with WD external drives, so I know that this isn't likely to be a problem with my PC.
Thanks in advance....