[qzgCVHex]

Control Panel -> Energy Save (or

something like that, you know, the icon with the battery and the plug)

Look around for hd options. I can't

really help since my system is in another language.

Yoel

[ringtonesmannq]

its coming from the case belgareth

i, think it is the hard drive making a noise, it doesnt stop until i moved the mouse or touch the keyborard, that

sort of brrrrrrrrrrrrrrgrrrrrrrrrrr noise, the sort of noise ur computer makes when ur trying to load a lot of

applications

[treawittelf]

Perhaps the system is doing "idle

time" indexing. Check the OS settings for "Indexing" also if you have Microsoft Office installed, check "fast find"

settings.

[C7JjVczP]

And it only does it when going

into hibernation? When windows goes into hibernation it takes a lot of HD space to duplicate the state of your RAM

memory, the more things you have going and the more RAM you have, the more space it will take. If that is what is

happening, it should stop after a few minutes once the RAM has been copied to the HD. If that's not it, you should

run a Malware/Spyware scan on your computer to make sure it isn't being hijacked. I'm not saying it is but it is a

possibility that should be eliminated, I can recomend a couple good programs you can download if you need to. Once

you've done that you can disable hibernation. To do that on XP you go to the Control Panel, double click Power

Options. Select the tab at the top for Hibernation then uncheck the box that enables hibernation. Click apply and

close the box.

[C7JjVczP]

Sorry if I sounded gruff about

it. I own a computer company and do this all day long. Without trying to offend anybody, after more than 20 years of

working with computer users, I've become cynical about what they tell me they did or didn't do. In general, other

than the basic symptoms or complaint I try to start at the begining or at least look at what it might possibly be

doing.

Once a system goes into sleep mode the drive shuts down. If the drive is set to turn off after X time,

it shuts off. That's why I looked at hibernation. Mtmjim has a good point about indexing but drive shut down in

sleep mode should override indexing. Indexing also should be a relatively brief process because it is usually only

updating and that doesn't take all that long. My impression was that it was doing it all the time.

Whatever

the actual issue is, we can always follow Sherlock Holmes' advice: Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever

remains is the solution, no matter how unlikely.