Windows 10: Drives keep spinning up for no reason and it is making me angry.

I have been having an ongoing issue of several or all of my hard drives spinning up constantly for just about any action I do. It has been going on since I installed Windows 10 ver 21H1 several months ago and I am worried that these constant spin up and spin down cycles are lowering the lifespan of my drives and increasing the chances of drive failures. Either way. it is really really really pissing me off.My PC has 10 hard drives. The 1st drive the system drive is an SSD and the rest are all mechanical drives. All the system folders, user account folders and programs are on the SSD. And onl

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Lacie Network drive - not spinning.

Well I think it's time for an rma...

Drive hasn't worked at all since January 18th!

Wish me good luck....*Oh Well hwell:

 

Constant hard drive spinning

I am on a relatives computer, and she is complaining of slow performance, and basically, what it looks like, is the hard drive, is constantly spinning, causing programs to act slow, and causing everything to run slow.
I have indexing turned off (Windows Vista ) and I just want a list of things I can start going through to check what might be causing the constant spinning.
She has norton, too. which might be part of the problem..

 

Can no longer find CD/DVD Drive on laptop

Hi Louise,

Hardware issues is one of the possible reasons why your optical drive stopped working. To better assist you, we need the answers to the following questions:

• Does the issue occur when you insert a specific disc on your optical drive?
• Did you make any changes prior to this issue?

In the meantime, we suggest updating your drivers by following the steps in this article.

We are looking forward to your response.