Hard Drive Activity

[Saxman]

I have a small utility which indicates hard drive activity on the taskbar.
I put a copy of the exe file on the desktop, but everytime I execute it, it
creates a dat file on the desktop. This is a minor annoyance, but the
program works well.

I have no light on my computer that indicates hard drive activity.

Are there any other alternatives out there?

 

[Herbert Nagler]

I have a small utility which indicates hard drive activity on the
taskbar. I put a copy of the exe file on the desktop, but everytime I
execute it, it creates a dat file on the desktop. This is a minor
annoyance, but the program works well.

I have no light on my computer that indicates hard drive activity.

Are there any other alternatives out there?

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Instead of a copy of the exe file, put a shortcut of it on the desktop.
It now should create the dat file in its original directory, instead of on
the desktop.

H.N.

 

[bambam]

I have a small utility which indicates hard drive activity on the
taskbar. I put a copy of the exe file on the desktop, but everytime I
execute it, it creates a dat file on the desktop. This is a minor
annoyance, but the program works well.

I have no light on my computer that indicates hard drive activity.

Are there any other alternatives out there?

What is your OS?
What program are you talking about?
What happens if you put a shortcut on your desktop instead of the .exe
file?

 

[BruceM]

How come you have no HD activity light ??
Tell us the exact make / model of board & your case setup?
Are there HD pins vacant where the case wires connect to the MB? Is there a
light for it on the case but it isn't working?

 

[burris]

How come you have no HD activity light ??
Tell us the exact make / model of board & your case setup?
Are there HD pins vacant where the case wires connect to the MB? Is there a
light for it on the case but it isn't working?

Some PCs don't have an indicator light for HDD activity. My
Gateway...about 4 years old...doesn't have one. There was no cutout on
the case and it wasn't worth rooting around looking for the pins.

 

[carver33]

Some PCs don't have an indicator light for HDD activity. My
Gateway...about 4 years old...doesn't have one. There was no cutout on
the case and it wasn't worth rooting around looking for the pins.

Yeah, a couple of years ago the company I work for leased a bunch of
IBMs that didn't have hard drive lights, but did have a network light
that blinked steadily. Go figure.

(BTW - we were not allowed to open the lease boxes)

BB

 

[Saxman]

What is your OS?

Windows XP Pro.

What program are you talking about?
What happens if you put a shortcut on your desktop instead of the .exe
file?

The program is a stand-alone, so the exe file is the progream!

 

[Klaatu]

The program is a stand-alone, so the exe file is the progream!

Of course, but you don't have to have the exe file on your desktop. Put it
in its own folder somewhere else, then create a shortcut to it on your
desktop. The dat file will most likely not be put on your desktop anymore,
but in whatever folder you placed the exe file.

 

[Gabriele Neukam]

On that special day, , ([email protected]) said...

Yeah, a couple of years ago the company I work for leased a bunch of
IBMs that didn't have hard drive lights, but did have a network light
that blinked steadily. Go figure.

Which means, you were supposed to store your work on the server, not
the local drive. Go figure. ;-P


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Saxman]

Of course, but you don't have to have the exe file on your desktop. Put it
in its own folder somewhere else, then create a shortcut to it on your
desktop. The dat file will most likely not be put on your desktop anymore,
but in whatever folder you placed the exe file.

That works a treat!

This is a description of the software:-

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23027,00.asp

 

[David]

Windows XP Pro.


The program is a stand-alone, so the exe file is the progream!

Put the .EXE in a sub-directory. Put a shortcur on the desktop. The
other file will now be created in the sub-directory.
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[David P. Cox]

I have a small utility which indicates hard drive activity on the taskbar.
I put a copy of the exe file on the desktop, but everytime I execute it, it
creates a dat file on the desktop. This is a minor annoyance, but the
program works well.

I have no light on my computer that indicates hard drive activity.

Are there any other alternatives out there?

Saxman try this hard drive indicator, its small, monitors multiple drives
and free.

Dave

http://www.lonewolf.gr/software/default.asp

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 22 Nov 2005, Saxman wrote

I have a small utility which indicates hard drive activity on
the taskbar. I put a copy of the exe file on the desktop, but
everytime I execute it, it creates a dat file on the desktop.
This is a minor annoyance, but the program works well.

FWIW,, this is often the case with simple, non-installing
executables. The way around it is to store the executable in a
folder somewhere, and to run it via a shortcut on the desktop.

(I store my non-installing programs in a folder I created in
C:\Program Files, called "Stand Alone Programs" -- I've got 23 such
programs in there.)

 

[bambam]

This is a description of the software:-

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23027,00.asp

I use the same program. Instead of putting a shortcut on your desktop, why
not put it in your Startup folder?