noisy hard drive

Hi; When I'm working with my pc, surfing the web etc.. my hard drive is doing a lot of activity, the red light besides the "start buttom" is always flashing.
I wonder if I manage myself the virtual memory can help to stop that?.
Or what can I do?.
I found this info ina website, , is it correct?;
Right click on My Computer, and select Properties.
Click the Performance tab, and then click Virtual Memory
Choose Let me specify my own virtual memory settings.
If you want to choose a different drive for your swapfile, run Disk Defragmenter first.
Specify the same value for the Minimum size and the Maximum size, so windows won't spend so much time resizing the file. A good size is roughly 2 1/2 times the amount of installed RAM (i.e. create a 40MB swapfile if you have 16MB of RAM).
Press OK, and then OK again, and confirm that you want to restart your computer.
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Open SYSTEM.INI for editing.
Add the following two lines to the [vcache] section (If it's not there then add the section)
MinFileCache=4096
MaxFileCache=4096
These values, in kilobytes, regulate the size of the VCache, so you can stop it from filling up all available RAM and paging all loaded apps to disk. If you have more than 16 MB of RAM, then set the above values (both of them) to about 25% of the amount of installed RAM

I have win 98se, 256mb, 800mhz.
thank you

 

I found specifying virtual memory useful in Win95, but IMO Win98SE doesn't need it. It sounds like you either have a lot of applications open or something is secretly going on in the background. Is there any chance you've picked up some spyware or a trojan?

Watching the resource meter can sometimes help one understand what's going on & what circumstances cause it. Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Resource Meter. I have a shortcut to the RM in the startup folder, so it's always on.

 

noisy hard drive

Hi; I have 12 programs running . I have a infected files about a week ago but I scan again and nothing found. I scan my pc with a antivirus on line and nothing found.
Is just that if I open a browser like ie6 my hard drive makes alot of activity but it did not before.
I will do what you said about the resource meter.
thank you for your help and time.