Jim,

Where did you find it? I have similar problem with Win98. It periodically does something with HDD...

>Sorry Will. It's called Microsoft Find Fast.
>
>
>><g> Fastfind otherwise known as WhatDoesItDo?
>>I've had experiences with it too in the past - a few years ago it kept on accessing my A: in a similar way... Mmmm maybe it's a similar problem..Thanks Jim.
>>
>>
>>>Hi Will,
>>>
>>>I had a similar problem on Win98 and tracked it down to a utility called FindFast. I *think* it installed with Office.
>>>
>>>In any case, once I found it and set its options to 'never' (or maybe some very long interval) it stopped. I also noticed *no* impact otherwise (still not sure exactly what it was doing for me).
>>>
>>>good luck,
>>>
>>>JimN
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>This is not a VFP related question, but I thought someone may be able to shed some light anyway...
>>>>
>>>>If I leave my laptop unused, the HDD goes into sleep mode after about 5 minutes, but something in W2k access the HDD every 10 minutes or so.. causing the the drive to spin up again..
>>>>I have tried closing down all non essential tasks, but it still does it.
>>>>
>>>>This especially winds me up if I am watching a DVD on the laptop, because the HDD startup causes the video to stutter (every 10 minutes) and also makes a bit of noise.
>>>>
>>>>Anyone got any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>>
>>>>Will