[kgb]

Hey guys, My Specs are:

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz
1024 MB DDR SDRAM
Radeon 9800 XT
Audigy 2 ZS
2 WD Harddrives Raid 0 NTFS
1 WD Harddrive w/Swap file NTFS
1 USB 2.0 External Harddrive NTFS

The problem started a few days ago and I haven't changed any of the hardware.
What's happing is when I click on any program icon, my USB drive will randomly start thrashing for about 20-40 seconds, which locks the program until it stops thrashing. I have used ad-aware, spybot, hijackthis, microsoft antispyware and zonealarms spyware programs but found nothing. I have also scanned for viruses with avast virus scanner, again nothing... Windows is up to date with patches. I can access the USB drive perfectly, read and write from it. I have defraged it and Scandisked it.

I have installed a different disk into the USB case but I still have the same problem. I also reconnected all the cables.

At this moment, I am transfering my files to a different disk so I can reformat my USB drive although I doubt this will help since the other disk I tried had the same problem.

Any suggestions would be THE COOLEST!!!

[Yousaif]

Have you tried going into the device mgr and removing the drivers for it? After a reboot it will reinstall them. That's the first thing I always try when hardware issues are popping up.