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Leaving this article open causes my computer to do a bunch of writes, once per second, and it never seems to stop. What tool(s) can I use to figure out why thi
by cellularmitosis 12y ago
Leaving this article open causes my computer to do a bunch of writes, once per second, and it never seems to stop.
What tool(s) can I use to figure out why this page is hitting my hard drive every second?
(running chrome on windows xp)
- johnloeber 12y agoVaguely unrelated: you should upgrade from Windows XP. It's a security risk to you, as well as simply out-of-date. If you want to stay in the Windows ecosystem but don't like 8 or 10, then get Windows 7. (Otherwise, try Linux!)
- danparsonson 12y agoTry the Sysinternals utilities (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/ https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/) - Process Explorer would be a good place to start, and Process Monitor if you're feeling a bit more adventurous. edit: I should add that Mark Russinovich, who wrote these tools, has also blogged a fair bit over the years about using them to solve mysteries such as yours - e.g. http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2012/10/30/3529266.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2012/10/3...