Microsoft Edge keeps accessing my HDD in my PC...

[joshwa]

I have to use Microsoft Edge for work purposes. However, every time I open a new tab or switch between tabs I can hear it accessing my HDD. I have no idea why, and it's really getting annoying (and seems to make it slow).

My PC has a main Samsung SSD 980 PRO as the C: drive (boot), a D: drive (SSD), and then a 3rd F: drive (HDD) that I mostly use for storage. C and D have plenty of space, so I've no idea why my HDD is constantly being accessed.

[Jonatron]

Process monitor: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sy...nloads/procmon can log which files a process accesses.

[stevie lee]

system virtual memory paging files?
settings > system > advanced > performance (advanced)


or its decided to do some disk indexing while it thinks you're not using the drive.

[Jonj1611]

The only spinning disk I now have is a Seagate 8TB external drive. I have it plugged into a hub so I turn it off. For some reason Windows seems to want to write to that drive and completely ignore the NVMe drives. So now I leave it off until its needed. And I dont have to wait while it decides to spin up and do something everytime I don't use the computer for 10 minutes

[joshwa]

system virtual memory paging files?
settings > system > advanced > performance (advanced)


or its decided to do some disk indexing while it thinks you're not using the drive.

Ooh bingo! It was set to the HDD! Rather than an SSD drive! Thank you