You didn't tell:
a. If you stopping indexing.
b. If you checked Dell.com's web site about what key they use for the BIOS.
Bob
Dell Dimension XPS T450, win2k sp4
There seems to be too much disk activity when there shouldn't be any... as determined by sound, and led on front of case.
I have run several types of spyware, defrag'd, plenty of free space, watched TASK MANAGER for processes. IDLE has 98, 99% with a few others switching in and out, but which don't seem to correlate with the noise. I was going to go the the BIOS to see if I can determine if the disk has SMART technology, thinking that maybe it is going bad, (I am just guessing), but I can't get to the BIOS. I have watched the screen like a hawk during boot for a message on how to get to the BIOS but none appears.
So, how can I get to the BIOS (it is Phoenix 4.0, release 6.0) AND any ideas on what might cause unexpected disk accesses?
thanks
bill

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