Windows 8-64 'System' process shows the constant hard disk activity

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• The constant hard disk - system and DiagnosticAgent.exe wrote to 300 different activity. Files of the PNF at a constant rate - starting programs negatively impaired.

  Something similar to this began after a time, I was installing updates (somewhere in June or July). A month later, after I installed SP2 via the update, the problem presented differently (just as bad). Here's what I found recently of the reliability monitor and performance:

  -DiagnosticAgent.exe > C:/windows/inf/infcache.0 = wr 1.5 MB/min x 2 (constant) (sometimes up to 6 x)

  -System > loads of instances (~ 500) on. The files of the PNF in C:\Windows\inf\ =
  mainly writing<100kB in="" but="" some="" write="" up="" to="">
  -Diagnosticagent.exe > loads of instances (~ 500) on. The files of the PNF in C:\Windows\inf\ =
  mainly writing<100kB in="" but="" some="" write="" up="" to="">

  (total of instances of 1000 files .pnf; 300 different ones, several up to 12 instances of the same .pnf, half of them at least 4 instances of the same .pnf.)

  I don't see many cases playback from the hard drive. Even at 100% highest active time, the graph of the disc in the performance bed also monitor, an average of only 2 Mbps. When Disk Defragmenter is running, it is an average of 50 MB/s.

  This constant HDD activity about 1000 cases write in 30 minutes continuous .pnf files after startup and after awakening from sleep. While that happens, most of the programs, after loading, do not react for 5 minutes, then run as usual. Even the message control user account often fails to appear before it expires (in 2 minutes) during this time.

  I tried Googling on hdd constant activity on the PNF files, but did not find much.

  I will try using the restoration of the system again, although I had a few unsuccessful attempts with her.

  I have Norton Antivirus installed, which scans for viruses periodically. It is not really the cause of this unknown and unusual hard disk activity I know.

  Hi Tiscando,

  Welcome to microsoft windows vista forums!

  You did any recent changes of hardware on the computer?

  Have you run a memory diagonstic test?

  This question may be occurred due to services (3 programs) running during startup.

  I suggest you put the computer in a clean boot and check:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135 - how to solve a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista

  (By putting the computer in clean startup - you can find which program is causing the problem)

  Note: Turn the computer back to normal once the test is done.

  Analyze the computer from infection by the virus:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.aspx

  In addition, see the following links:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950684 - how to to solve performance issues during startup in Windows Vista

  http://windowshelp.Microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/bc1393cf-9f9c-79c7-0f91-9337c2c41f811033.mspx ---> check your hard disk for errors

  Let us know if that helps.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

  Ajay k Microsoft support

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• Windows 7 backup and restore shows no internal hard disk and the backup location option

  Windows 7 backup and restore is only the possibility to go back to D drive which is a burner DVD C and F is both internal and external hard drives C is the system drive and F is a newly formatted 1 TB drive free. I access F in Explorer windows without any problems and I would use it for backup.

  Hi dairy Tech 2000,

  Welcome to the Microsoft answers site.

  Drive/C: would not be shown to the backup files since this is the system drive. You cannot save files to C:/drive to C:/drive.

  However, when you change the backup settings to another drive on the computer, follow the steps below:
  1. click on start.
  2. backup and restore type of search.
  3. click on change settings.
  4. This will show the drives internal i.e. your F: drive / on the computer.
  Now you can set the location of drive F:.

  Learn more about the backup from the links below: back up and restore: frequently asked questions: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-and-restore-frequently-asked-questions
  Backup your files: http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/back-up-your-files
  Set or change automatic backup settings: http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/set-up-or-change-automatic-backup-settings

  Swathi B - Microsoft technical support.
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• Windows XP operating system installation on the new hard drive

  My hard drive crashed on my Dimension 3000 desktop computer and I am trying to replace. I managed to install Windows XP Pro and all the drivers. My problem is that Windows application authentication code, when I enter what is on the side of the tower that sometimes invalid. It's prompting me to buy another license.

  Any ideas?

  bdives

  
  

• HP Touchsmart 520-1020 PC: installation of operating system/recovery on the new HARD disk media?

  Hello everyone!

  I recently bought and installed a new hard drive on my Touchsmart 520-1020 after that started to spoil. Given that I don't return to the top of my media and the model was old enough, I had to buy a whole new pack of system directly from HP recovery disks. I tried to install them several times, but each time that the process of recovery achieved 39% the disk #2 (in 4 total) that breaks down just, and a message appears saying that there is an error 0xe0ef000e. I thought it might be produced because the hard drive is not compatible, but the hard drive is reading for diagnostic tests, so is not the problem. HP support suggested that the problem could be with the discs, but I bought it on the official HP website to make them new. Please let me know what you think the problem might be. Thank you for your time.

  More than likely disk 2 is bad, call HP for a replacement set.

• Satellite M30 slow start, running slow & on most of the time HARD disk activity led

  The question above with my laptop. It is used to run faster than my desktop, but has altered performance. Running XP SP2 and Norton Internet Security and Norton System Works. No error shows when executing the Tests of Norton. Have reformatted the hard drive and reinstalled software but little difference.

  Laptop takes @5 minutes to start. Open Outlook takes 10 seconds. Drive light is on most of the time so I was wondering if the hard drive related.

  Any ideas?
  Thank you very much.

  Try the freeware like HD Tune or HDD Health programs.
  These applications provide some information on the State of the HARD drive.

• Cause of constant hard disk activity?

  Dimension 2400

  Windows XP Home Edition

  Comcast wired business

  Use this machine at work and for the past month or so have had problems with access to internet sites because of hard training are constantly working.  Thought that maybe the automatic updates were causing the problem then went manual with those.  Seems every time I click on a new site, what HDD continues working even if nothing appears to download.  Really slow things down much.  Any suggestions?

  
  

• What burning CDs in Windows Media music system prepares all the files listed.

  What burning CDs in Windows Media music system prepares all the files listed.  When the system starts writing the files on the disc it gets through about 4 songs and then goes to finalize the disc and ejects the disc.  The disk does not appear to have anything on it.  Can I do anything locally to solve the problem?

  My system is XP.

  I burned the disc a lot in the past

  There has been no major changes to the system

  The files I am to burn to the disc are previously ripped files on the disk hard, some of them were burned on another drive before.

  I tried to slow down the burn speed, but that did not work.

  CD burning problem

  Hello

  • You receive an error message when burning CDs?
  • What were the changes made before the issue started?
  To resolve this problem, do one or more of the following and then try again:

  a. Verify that the CD burner is properly connected.

  b. clean the disc and verify that it is not damaged.

  c. try a different brand of blank discs.

  d. If another program is currently burning files on the CD, wait until the burning process is completed.

  e. Quit other programs that may be using the CD burner.

  f. restart Windows Media Player.

  g. restart your computer.

  h. use the Windows error-checking tool to find system errors of files with bad sectors on your hard drive. For more information about the error-checking tool, see Windows Help and Support.

  You can check: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/webhelp/default.aspx?&mpver=11.0.5721.5145&id=C00D10DA&contextid=30&originalid=C00D0019

• 'system' process in the Task Manager running @ 50 to 100%

  Just reinstalled xp family and for some reason, the 'system' process in the Task Manager runs 100% gel about the custom of all the system let me download updates update freezes keyboard and touch pad and wont stop. tried to reinstall it 4 times same thing every time

  You need to find the specific system process that takes all (there are a lot of threads related to the 'System' process) of the CPU resources and slow down your PC.

  To do this Process Explorer, try:
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
  SysInternals Forums: http://forum.sysinternals.com/

  Worth reading: the process system CPU spikes
  http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/04/07/3031251.aspx

  Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
  In the task bar, select view and check 'show process Tree.
  as well as the options 'display the lower pane '.
  Move the cursor of your mouse over any column in the right pane and
  Make a right click and check the following boxes:
  "Command line" and "Version".
  (This will provide some of the detailed information you need)

  Then click on the CPU column to sort processes by CPU usage %.
  Then click on extend the process 'System' or 'Explorer' to expand and identify the specific subprocess using most or all the resources.
  Then click the sub-process or process listed under the system process that is using most or all the CPU %.
  Once the process or subprocess is highlighted, do a right click and select the options listed: online search. This should bring that out there on the web about this process.

  Note: some entries as solution, System (as explained above) process Explorer and svchost entries can should be extended to view details (sup process), in this case click on the + to the left of the entrance.

  Another tool to watch is called: what is running
  http://www.whatsrunning.NET/whatsrunning/main.aspx

  JS
  http://www.PAGESTART.com

  Never be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world to help.

• Location of the bookmarks on an old hardrive that is not Windows, running but the old hard disk files are accessed through another hard drive.

  The old hard disk does not run Windows, so access to the usual file through Windows Explorer or Firefox has not worked for me. The old hard drive is now a slave drive and all files are intact and accessible via the new Windows 7 64-bit operating system.

  You have Windows configured to display the hidden files and folders? If not, do it as soon as the first. http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/show-hidden-files#show-hidden-files=Windows-7

  Then, what version of Windows do you have on the old drive? Your profile folder must be on the way there:

  Windows XP and earlier versions:

  \Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
  

  Windows Vista and later:

  \Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
  

  If you find multiple profile folders, see the recent order. You find a subfolder named bookmarkbackups. This article describes how to restore the .json files, you will find: restore bookmarks from a backup or move them to another computer.

  A little luck?

• System restore after the recovery running disk

  Hello

  Is there a way to restore my system to previous state after you run recovery disk?

  I forgot to backup my files and apparently lost my data after the recovery running disc. All suggestions will be appreciated. I'm trying to restore my system, but it is not restoration, its shows me only today's date.

  Best regards

  Hello Jazz

  Please slow down. Your ad is quite confusing. You can the prior words includes on two completely different ways.

  (1) previous state as factory settings. If you use recovery media is removed from the entire HARD disk and all data will be lost. There is no way to recover them. To the review no data more.
  (2) previous state by using System Restore tool. It will roll back OS time earlier, but all data will be there. Sorry, but if you have ever used recovery media, it's too late for this option.

• Re: Can I repair the operating system without resetting the whole HARD drive?

  I have a Toshiba Satellite M50, I ran an antivirus in safe mode scan today and must have accidentally deleted a file system because now I can not connect.
  The computer will start but when I try to log in it connect, flash back, my office to the floor once and then connect again.
  I can repair the operating system without resetting the entire hard drive and lose all my files?

  And if not, is there someway to initiate a prompt BACK because I don't that the file is still in the recycling bin, and I might be able to restore it.

  Hello Bambi

  Repair option with the recovery DVD (image recovery) is not available. Using recovery DVDs, you can install OS and have once again the factory settings.
  As far as I know at the BACK level, you can start using BACK discus. You can create bootable CDs.

  You can start your computer in Mode safe?

• Windows 2008 R2 server is not displayed the second hard disk

  Hello

  We have two windows 2008 R2 servers. In what we have, two hard drive and with 130GB storage capacity. But it displays only 130GB is available. Seems like the second hard disk not recognized.

  What can be done to clear this?

  Hello

  Post your question in the TechNet Server Forums, as your question kindly is beyond the scope of these Forums.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/WindowsServer/en-us/home?category=WindowsServer

  See you soon.

• Can I still use Windows on a new computer, but the same hard drive?

  I tried to throw my old hard drive to a new computer, the hardware change is so great that it does not start, so I'll do a reinstall of windows on the drive hard when I put in, but I would like to know if the product key that I use now, which was supplied with the computer Inspiron 531 still works on the same hard disk, just different components.

  N ° it won't work.

  "So, to put it simply, if I had to reformat my hard drive after the entry of the product key.

  The product key any program key Finder comes with is the installation key factory Dell which is used on several computers and is locked to the Dell motherboard...

  "How windows know that something's changed..?

  The hardware will be changed.

• Move the physical hard disks to new server

  First of all, before I have offend anyone wrong, yes there is a back-up. The "Extend reasons" why would I be willing to do this style of rough house upgrade are given below

  
  Simple explanation of the problem

  I have moved the physical hard disks (6 discs in the 0 + 1 array) in a HP Proliant ML350 G6 low for HP DL360 G5.

  The hard start and loading VMware 4.0 disks but no network connection. It shows the assigned static IP but no connection to the network.

  Also tested network cables. ;-) Firmware update on both boxes

  I have improved the VMware ESXi 4.0 to HP VMware hypervisor 5.1(1??) Edition, still no IP connection.

  Any Suggestions to get this NETWORK card IP address running?

  The drive in the array goes back to the system original and boots with work IP (and upgrading VMware 5.1 too)

  Extent of the reasons

  It is a small business with a single physical server, we borrowed a temporary server (used) from our supplier

  The current table (6 x 136 GB drives 0 + 1 array) has 408 GB of usable space. The person who made the initial VMware/OS load charge did not increase the block size for the Server Windows Small Business 2008 has a maximum of 320 GB volume

  Which is now max out.

  The goal is to have the production server upgraded to (8 x 450 GB drives 0 + 1 array) to 1.8 TB of usable space. Ideally the SBS 2008 will be migrated from the temporary server on the production server with sizes of block appropriate for larger volumes. The intensity of the current SBS has VMware unrelated corruption that would also give reason why we do not want the original charge on the new drives in the production box.

  It is also an Exchange Server which is critical for the company, I can't bring down the server for more information, then 1 hour without impact 7 x 24.

  The Back-up exists but isn't something suitable like a Veeam but is Microsoft Backup to disk iSCSI

  Hi, what I would say to access this server esxi through DCUI and access network configuration. If you can't see the network cards then you can also assign IP address from there for the management and you can also select NIC, you want only for management purposes.

  Thank you

  Hussain