Comments on: Ways to Solve Hard Disk LED (Activity) Non Stop Blinking Issues

By: sameer

sameer — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:32:41 +0000

To resolve The problem of non stop operation of hard disk following things can be checked -
1. Was a System Restore operation done before the problem came? If yes then please confirm the hardware at restore point and restoration time is same.
This problem can come if the OS is looking for hardware which is absent.
2. Use Advance system info in Win XP Help and Support menu. Find out if there are any Orphan services by running Services Info menu. Disable or correct the services.

By: Raghunath Menon

Raghunath Menon — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:33:09 +0000

I had the same problem with two of my vista laptops. One was Toshiba and the other one was Sony Vaio. Tried all the options and none of them worked.

Finally I booted my computer from the CD disk and ran “chkdsk” with /f option. It found errors in both machines and fixed them. This cured all the problems and I am back on with full speed and very limited hard disk activity now.

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By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:08:37 +0000

Check out this excellent (despite its name) website: http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm. Using the “Tweaked” option cured the problem for me.

By: SC

SC — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:57:42 +0000

Had this problem for a while. I don’t know if it’s really a problem other than excessive wear and tear on the drives.

Tried all these solutions a year ago with the same results. The Windows 7 beta did the same thing. Random blinking, constant and forever.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:13:04 +0000

Thanks for the tips but it’s a shame such a modern and advance OS is so convoluted. Why does it have to reboot after every update? Why does it reboot without permission? It did that the other day on me while burning a DVD. Apple fanboys piss me off and iTunes is a POS but I have to admit OSX is a better OS.

By: Freddie Mack

Freddie Mack — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:59:21 +0000

Note — the light continues to blink when the drive is in spin down standby mode. No R/W going on. None of your responses will work.

Other web gurus also fail to note that point. BTW, no blink when W98 startup disk boots the machine. So what gives with XP and Vista?

No cigar today

Freddie Mack
Lanham Md