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HDD activity light
mrschaucer
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in Techie Stuff
Just treated myself to a new laptop, but it comes without a light to show HDD activity. It's annoying when you're used to one! There are some free downloads available to install a little icon thing to show when the hard drive is active, but they seem to be getting mixed reviews. Has anyone installed one of these downloads? Any recommendations or problems?
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In old DOS days the light was useful but Windows thrashes the hard disk all the time so the light is just an irrelevant nuisance. A computer is better off without it.IITYYHTBMAD0
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perhaps the new laptop has not got a HARD driveSave a Rachael
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ARandomMiser wrote: »In old DOS days the light was useful but Windows thrashes the hard disk all the time so the light is just an irrelevant nuisance. A computer is better off without it.
what tosh..... it may thrash the hdd a lot of the time, but I'd say if you let it do that, you've got it set up wrong..........Gettin' There, Wherever There is......
I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple
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Have you not got W10 Gunny ?:cool:what tosh..... it may thrash the hdd a lot of the time, but I'd say if you let it do that, you've got it set up wrong....4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0 -
debitcardmayhem wrote: »Have you not got W10 Gunny ?:cool:
On one test/trial lappy.... even with 10, you can cut down on the disk-thrashing if tweaked
Remember when Vista first came out?? Now THAT was disk-thrashing in the extreme :rotfl:......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......
I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple0 -
If the programs on the machine don't handle a failure to access the HDD when required, then an HDD light won't save you.
It's a redundancy, in other words0 -
I'd agree with Gunny. I have Win10 and my hdd light is normally off with the occasional blink.0
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If the programs on the machine don't handle a failure to access the HDD when required, then an HDD light won't save you.
It's a redundancy, in other words
sorry, don't agree...
the hdd activity light can often be the first & only indication the machine is struggling to do stuff - that stuff may be legit, it may not be, but if you see the hdd activity you can then investigate ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......
I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple0 -
Oh well, looks like no-one's bothered to download one of these programs. I'll live without a light for a bit longer and see how things progress - doubtless I'll get used to not knowing when the HD is crunching away and stop worrying about it ...
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