hard disk pulsing when outlook is open

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As the title says, the hard drive pulses whenever Outlook is open. not sure how long it will last doing that, any ideas?
 

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Welcome to SevenForums digiman!

Can you please elaborate by what you mean by pulses? Is it making a ticking noise, or??? How old is this PC? (Please fill in your system specs)
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition
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The disk in use light keeps pulsing on and I can hear the disk starting and stoppping about 4 times a second. new machine. windows 7 64 bit. Will fill in specs asap
 

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windows 7 64 bitAMD Phenom X4 840 3.2Ghz8Mbt
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built
OS
windows 7 64 bit
CPU
AMD Phenom X4 840 3.2Ghz
Motherboard
Asus M5A78L-M USB3 HDMI Motherboard
Memory
8Mbt
Monitor(s) Displays
philips 24"
Screen Resolution
1921 x 1080
Hard Drives
2 off Liteon iHAS124-19 24x Dual Layer SATA DVD Writer DVDRW - OEM
Hmmm a new PC and it's "thrashing" on Outlook???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrashing_(computer_science)

Did you import a large outlook .pst file from an older PC into this new pc by any chance? Or did you change outlook versions from old to new PC? Need more background...
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signa...Intel Core 2 Quad - Q9550 - 2.83GHz stock - O...4GB DDR2 800MHz (PC6400) OCZ ReaperNvidia GE Force 8800 GTS
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Homebrew PC - "Alpha_Dawg"
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition
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Intel Core 2 Quad - Q9550 - 2.83GHz stock - OC'd to 3.6GHz
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Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
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4GB DDR2 800MHz (PC6400) OCZ Reaper
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Nvidia GE Force 8800 GTS
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Asus Xonar DX
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Samsung SyncMaster 2333HD
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1920 x 1080
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WD Caviar Black 750GB - 7200RPM - 32MB cache
WD Caviar Green 1.5TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
WD Caviar Green 2.0TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
PSU
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750
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Gigabyte 3D Aurora
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Case is Air - 5ea. 120mm fans (mix of Arctic and Xigmatec)
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MS Natural Wireless KB
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MS Wireless Mouse
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50 mbps down/5 mbps up
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AVerMedia - AVerTVHD G2 Dual Tuner Card
I did indeed, same outlook version on both machines. tks
 

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windows 7 64 bitAMD Phenom X4 840 3.2Ghz8Mbt
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built
OS
windows 7 64 bit
CPU
AMD Phenom X4 840 3.2Ghz
Motherboard
Asus M5A78L-M USB3 HDMI Motherboard
Memory
8Mbt
Monitor(s) Displays
philips 24"
Screen Resolution
1921 x 1080
Hard Drives
2 off Liteon iHAS124-19 24x Dual Layer SATA DVD Writer DVDRW - OEM
Is this effecting performance or causing a problem?
 

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Alienware Aurora ALX R4
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Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz - 4.5GHz)
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Alienware Aurora-R4 x79
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4x Samsung 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (16GB 1600MHz)
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Nvidia Geforce GTX 690
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SteelSeries Siberia Elite
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Dell UltraSharp U3011
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2560x1600
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Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB, Seagate 1TB Desktop Hybrid HDD, 2x Western Digital 4TB Green HDD
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875W Some Dell PSU <.<
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Alienware Aurora ALX
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Custom Liquid Cooling (EK CPU & GPU blocks) dual EK 480RAD
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Try running scanpst to fix issues with Outlook!

It is usually here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office xx (12 or 14 if you have 07 or 10 version). Or just search your HDD for scanpst.exe!
Please let me know if that fixes for you!
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signa...Intel Core 2 Quad - Q9550 - 2.83GHz stock - O...4GB DDR2 800MHz (PC6400) OCZ ReaperNvidia GE Force 8800 GTS
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Homebrew PC - "Alpha_Dawg"
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad - Q9550 - 2.83GHz stock - OC'd to 3.6GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
Memory
4GB DDR2 800MHz (PC6400) OCZ Reaper
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GE Force 8800 GTS
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DX
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster 2333HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
WD Caviar Black 750GB - 7200RPM - 32MB cache
WD Caviar Green 1.5TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
WD Caviar Green 2.0TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
PSU
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750
Case
Gigabyte 3D Aurora
Cooling
Case is Air - 5ea. 120mm fans (mix of Arctic and Xigmatec)
Keyboard
MS Natural Wireless KB
Mouse
MS Wireless Mouse
Internet Speed
50 mbps down/5 mbps up
Other Info
AVerMedia - AVerTVHD G2 Dual Tuner Card
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