The Windows Task Manager provides information on CPU and memory use. Is there a way of analysing disk use? It is sometimes alarming to see the disk light coming on for no apparent reason.
George Halahan
Sysinternals has a page full of free programs, File and Disk Utilities, but the results from drive analysis programs are usually too detailed for ordinary use. With XP I use AnVir Task Manager Free, which tells you everything you need to know about what is happening in Windows. It puts three meters in the Systray, and hovering over those shows CPU use, memory use and "disk load". You can also view the details in a spreadsheet-type table.
Vista, however, has a great Computer Management Utility. Run the Windows Task Manager, go to the Performance tab and click the Resource Monitor button. This shows CPU, memory, disk and network use. The disk section tells you what's reading from and writing to the drive.
If you know of a better program for Windows, please let me know!
