How can I know which files are accessed more so I can move them to another drive

My C drive is constantly busy and is indexed to 100% much of the time.  My swap file is on my S drive and its activity is very low. How can I know what is causing all the readers of the activity on my C drive so I can move some things my S, or other?

I realize it is not easier to simply move the files, I might have to reinstall some applications or other things. But for now, I don't know what are the files or applications, roll to the top of the activity on my C drive.

You can use performance monitor. Type perfmon in the "Search" box and press "Enter."

Open the drive section by clicking on the arrow

To identify individual files in more detail, you will need the Windows Performance Toolkit

http://msdn.Microsoft.com/en-us/performance/cc709422

http://msdn.Microsoft.com/en-us/performance/cc825801

Download as part of the WIndows SDK from here:

http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/dlx/en-us/listdetailsview.aspx?FamilyId=6b6c21d2-2006-4AFA-9702-529fa782d63b

Select this option for components you need.

There is a video on the use of the tool here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/PDC/PDC09/CL16

At a glance, use Process Explorer to identify the source of the e/s:

http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653

On the file menu, click "show details for all processes."

On the view menu, click on "Select columns" and check the deltas of reading and writing.

You can also use the process monitor:

http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896645

This will show you the operations of individual files so the amount of data will be huge. If a Visual inspection reveals anything, you can export the data to a csv file and use a spreadsheet to a total activity for each file.

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