task manager i/o reads/ i/o writes

Im trying to figure out why my hard drive reads and writes when no programs are being run. {hard drive light is coming on, hearing the faint grind}

Someone on the forums said go into task manager and on the processes tab, under the view menu, select columns, the click the boxes "i/o reads, "i/o writes" and "i/o other".Does this show what applications or proccesses is reading and writing the hard drive?

He said to not touch the pc and wait a couple of seconds, and you should be able to indentify the application or proccess that is making the excessive reading and writing {white noise from the hard drive}

My question is , to find the process or appplication, would it be the one that has the numbers moving?, how do i identify the process that is making the reading and writing?

Message Edited by rko99 on 05-27-2003 05:26 PM