Dear folks,
Well, I've run into the situation of wanting to monitor what files are
being access before, so I've searched and found a quite good
program for monitoring disk accesses. Unfortunately, it's 32-bit
Windows only, but, it's still quite usefull.
The program is "FileMon32". It is freeware, comes with full source,
and it is available at:
http://www.sysinternals.com
under "Utilities for Win 9x"
There are also several other useful utilities on the site, for
determining and monitoring information about your 9x/NT system.
Anthony J. Albert
On 23 Mar 00, at 15:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> At 10:56 AM 3/23/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > Some program on my computer, in Windows 98, is accessing
> >the hard drive every 17 minutes, and I'd like to know what program it is,
> >and what file it is opening.
> >Thanks.
> >
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> >[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> Could be the swap file, perhaps? For those who may not know about it, a
> swap file is like a RAM extension. it sits on the hard drive, like a table
> behind your desk where you stick the extra reference books you have for the
> document you are writing. You bring one book to the desk, with the other
> four open behind you, copy the reference, then put it back and grab another
> from behind you. Like this, the computer uses the RAM like your desk, and
> the swap like that table. Command codes currently in direct use are kept
> in RAM to the extent that the space will allow, and swapped back and forth
> between that file as needed. If your disk is accessing too much, this
> means that you have too little RAM for the job at hand. Either reduce the
> job, increase the RAM, or wear out the drive.
> Even when your machine is sitting idle it will check the swap drive
> periodically, either because simply running the TSRs and drawing the screen
> requires it, or because it makes sure it "remembers" what may be in
> there. If you have no TSRs running save the operating system, you might
> want to enable power saving managment options available in your operating
> system to suspend the computer when idle. (consider the screen saver as a
> memory drain)
>
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Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle
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