My external HDD keep flashing (writing/reading) how to know the process that doing that ?


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My external HDD led keep flashing (writing/reading) how to know the process that doing that ?
 

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Process explorer, Process monitor from the Sysinternals suite, filter for explorer events, writes/ reads etc, available from MS Store as well, free. There are probably other utilities you could use as well.
 

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DigitalGoat said:
Process explorer, Process monitor from the Sysinternals suite, filter for explorer events, writes/ reads etc, available from MS Store as well, free. There are probably other utilities you could use as well.
Click to expand...
I dont know how to do that

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I found using resource monitor that lsass.exe is accessing macrium image while this image finished I dont know why it access it again

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lsass.exe is a Windows process that takes care of security policy for the OS.
It keeps your system safe.
 

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OAT said:
lsass.exe is a Windows process that takes care of security policy for the OS.
It keeps your system safe.
Click to expand...
it is drilling into my hdd
 

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Well, when you see smoke, pull the plug.
 

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