Carlos
Mon Apr 28 17:37:00 PDT 2008
Tony,
It has two different states:
- Gray for no activity
- Red for both read (former green) and write (former red)
So it clearly tells me whether the drive is being accessed (red) or not
(gray).
Sorry for the confusion.
Carlos
"Tony Sperling" wrote:
> That's right, cabinets have generic activity displays - so has my HP
> notebook. It's got a blue array of Power, Disk and Charge/Plug-in status.
>
> So, it clearly picks up a signal in 32bits, let's keep hoping, but I do
> suspect the 'Red Only' may in fact indicate a Vista peculiarity, since the
> LED wouldn't ever be static, or you cannot monitor any activity!
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9647B9CA-C384-4649-8EA2-3A6F4899E7F6@microsoft.com...
> > Tony,
> > Testing it right now on Vista HP x86...
> > Systray "LED" always glows red, as apposed to XP where it blinks green for
> > "read" and red for "write".
> > So far so good, real LED's on cabinets do not change color when reading or
> > writing to HD.
> > Carlos
> >
> > "Tony Sperling" wrote:
> >
> > > A HP without a disk activity indicator? That I find surprising, but at
> the
> > > same time I'm not really surprised - I didn't put all laptops to that
> much
> > > scrutiny so I can have missed any number. For that kind of application I
> > > agree, that makes it potentially usefull. I don't think I would bother
> to
> > > set it up to autostart, though.
> > >
> > > With 80K's of binary instruction, it has got to be well written - and I
> > > would expect nothing else from MR. According to his notes, the tool is
> > > written as a GUI/Devicedriver combo, using a substitution technique by
> > > intercepting the device's own driver and subverting information that it
> can
> > > use to be displayed for it's own purposes. Since Devicedrivers on Vista
> are
> > > written on a completely new foundation, as I understand it, your hopes
> may
> > > not be realized? Let's see what people have to say.
> > >
> > >
> > > Tony. . .
> > >
> > >
> > > "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:9BBCBDB3-8241-4B53-B010-8568BBB0B93D@microsoft.com...
> > > > Hi Tony,
> > > > Here's the whole story, as I was in a hurry when I posted my question
> this
> > > > morning.
> > > > My newest laptop (HP530) has Vista Home Premium 32-bit and doesn't
> have
> > > any
> > > > LED for HDD activity.
> > > > That, and the fact that the hard disk is quite silent, leads me to a
> > > > blind/deaf state for monitoring disk activity.
> > > > After googling a little, I found DiskMon and installed it on Windows
> XP at
> > > > work, w/o the permission of the IT guys!!!
> > > > I noticed the same as you, there's a lot of activity monitored by
> DiskMon
> > > > that doesn't show up in the front cabinet LED.
> > > > It seems as if small read/write operations don't have the time length
> > > > required for the human eye to see them, but DiskMon systray LED must
> > > surely
> > > > be extending that time artificially so that it is visible to the eye.
> > > > The WinXP version requires no driver at all and it is just that, an
> > > > executable. Which leads me to think that it should work in Vista x86.
> > > > Don't know whether this line of thought also applies to Vista x64.
> > > > Maybe someone jumps in and sheds some light.
> > > > Carlos
> > > >
> > > > "Tony Sperling" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The jury is still 'out' pondering the warranty ramifications for my
> > > 64bit
> > > > > dual-core, so out of boredom I installed this to my Win2K machine. I
> > > have to
> > > > > say that the 80K's of code is probably a lot more interesting than
> the
> > > > > utility itself. One interesting observation might be that the icon
> seems
> > > to
> > > > > log much more activity than the front-panel LED is doing!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Tony. . .
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:95A5BC7F-8D97-4E97-9710-1BC93A57B117@microsoft.com...
> > > > > > Has anybody tested Diskmon
> > > > > > (
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/sysinternals/bb896646.aspx) in
> > > Windows
> > > > > > Vista?
> > > > > > "DiskMon is an application that logs and displays all hard disk
> > > activity
> > > > > on
> > > > > > a Windows system. You can also minimize DiskMon to your system
> tray
> > > where
> > > > > it
> > > > > > acts as a disk light, presenting a green icon when there is
> disk-read
> > > > > > activity and a red icon when there is disk-write activity."
> > > > > > Carlos
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
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