Windows 10: Why is disc acces light is permanently on?

Yesterday I realised that the disk access light on my computer was on all the time. There is no flickering at all. Looking at performance with Task Manager the disk showed no activity at all. Watching for a bit there was a very small blip of (low volume) activity once in a while but basically nothing showed.

I am concerned that something is wrong but have no idea just what that might be, nor how to tackle the problem. The computer has a raid setup with the main disk mirrored. My understanding is that if a disk had become corrupted and a process was underway to bring the system to par again, the disk activity would be expected to show on Task Manager.

Any views on what is happening and whether this is as important as I fear would be very welcome!

Thanks

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Disc for windows 7 to run on windows 10

Hi Jane,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to read the Windows 7 disc and check if it helps.

• Insert Windows 7 disc.
• Press “Windows+E” which will open file explorer.
• There you will find the Windows 7 disc.
• Open the disc and copy the files anywhere on your computer, so that you can access the information from the disc.

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Installation media boots to command prompt

I've just booted from known working install media to see exactly what it does when booting. The sequence of events is...

• Windows logo on a black screen
• circling dots appear beneath the logo
• light blue 'Please wait' screen with circling dots
• a command prompt window (very briefly)
• the initial Setup page appears

Do you see steps 1-3? If so, it appears you have stopped at step 4, suggesting that something on the disc cannot be read.

Does the disc boot properly in another machine? If so, try cleaning the laptop's drive lens then try booting from the disc again.

If not, make new install media with Microsoft's Media Creation Tool, either as a bootable USB, on an ISO that you can burn to another disc. At Step 8 in Option One of this tutorial you can choose between making a USB or an ISO.

Download Windows 10 ISO File

 

lights 6233

Just want to add my name to the list of irritated users of the 6233i. This phone is currently extremely dangerous when used in car kit. Sudden light-up for incoming call is major distraction. Permanent light would be considerably safer!