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From: ins_apw@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Philip Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: ci and a mysterious whirring disk drive
Message-ID: <5930@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 26 Jul 90 19:59:25 GMT
References: <10635@lindy.Stanford.EDU> <7723@aggie.ucdavis.edu>
Reply-To: ins_apw@jhunix.UUCP (Philip Wong)
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
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I've got my ci w/the apple 40MB HD (quantum I guess) and have the same
problem.  There doesn't seem to be a specific time that this happens.  Usually
it just starts after I start doing something--meaning that id doesn't
just start whiring after 1 hour of idleness.  And you can stop it by accessing
the drive--ie opening a folder or something.  It is definitely louder than
usual and seems like it is just spinning without accessing.  It does slow
down every once and a while--as if it was maybe doing something like erasing
my HD.  I don't have any auto-optimize or any auto catalog (like on location)
or any auto anything running, so what's the deal?

ins_apw@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu