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Title: hard disk activity utility?
Post by: delanvital on May 16, 2009, 12:01:51 AM

Anyone know of a simple utility, which, say, flashes when there is activity with the HDD? Something to have in the tray fx

Title: hard disk activity utility?
Post by: sulky_uk on May 16, 2009, 12:04:46 AM

found this via google

http://www.watchingthenet.com/monitor-hard-drive-disk-activity-from-windows-system-tray.html

this may be better

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/DKHardDrive-Light.shtml

Title: hard disk activity utility?
Post by: delanvital on May 16, 2009, 09:52:33 AM

That is interesting I did not know process explorer could do that. Cheers for the help.

Title: hard disk activity utility?
Post by: TeaLeaf on May 18, 2009, 07:54:01 AM

I'm liking processexplorer, I'd not come across that one before. Thanks!

TL.

Title: hard disk activity utility?
Post by: Jabbs on May 18, 2009, 06:49:40 PM

Sorry for quick reply - my dinner is getting cold :)

Try Performance Monitor which comes with Windows. It doesn't sit in the tray but you can configure it to monitor numerous items giving you a history via a graph of what's going on.

For instance clicking the little green cross you can add tons of items to the monitor. In your case you might want to find 'Physical Disk' and then Disc/bytes read/write.

Have a look and play :)

Title: hard disk activity utility?
Post by: delanvital on May 18, 2009, 07:12:43 PM

Quote from: Jabbs;276507Sorry for quick reply - my dinner is getting cold :)

Try Performance Monitor which comes with Windows. It doesn't sit in the tray but you can configure it to monitor numerous items giving you a history via a graph of what's going on.

For instance clicking the little green cross you can add tons of items to the monitor. In your case you might want to find 'Physical Disk' and then Disc/bytes read/write.

Have a look and play :)

Yeah that is a good app - but I just wanted the led :)

Title: hard disk activity utility?
Post by: Jabbs on May 18, 2009, 08:58:22 PM

Quote from: delanvital;276514Yeah that is a good app - but I just wanted the led :)

hehe

You could wire in an LED to the motherboard? :)

Title: hard disk activity utility?
Post by: delanvital on May 19, 2009, 10:38:03 AM

Quote from: Jabbs;276536hehe

You could wire in an LED to the motherboard? :)

Yeah but the suitcase is stashed away to save place so I would have to have a wire going all the way up on the desk.... wait... that is no bad idea :wink:

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