Windows XP Constantly accessing hard drive

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Windows XP Home ran fine for 1+ years with Maxtor HDD.
Last week, system started to constantly access hard drive
from initial startup until shutdown. Maxtor diagnostic
tool confirmed hard drive is OK, indicating a problem
with XP driver????
 
Virus scan, defragment the drive, check if any software is running in
"background".
 
Windows XP Home ran fine for 1+ years with Maxtor HDD.
Last week, system started to constantly access hard drive
from initial startup until shutdown. Maxtor diagnostic
tool confirmed hard drive is OK, indicating a problem
with XP driver????
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Peter Hutchison
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