gadget to monitor drive,dvd, LAN

[tonyvr4]

Does anyone know of a gadget to monitor hard disk, DVD and LAN access? Or can someone create one?

I don't know what the people at dell were thinking, but the Studio 15 Laptop that I just bought does not have indicators for hard disk, DVD drive, or LAN activity.

I found one disk monitor on Windows Live Gadgets, but it does not work on the DVD drive

Thanks
Tony

 

[A Guy]

Have a look at this, it has all those options.

Windows Live Gallery

A Guy

 

[tonyvr4]

That is actually an interesting gadget. But it only shows information not activity. Plus it doesn't seem to work well in windows 7.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

I use Piriform Speccy and it shows what you want. IMO

 

[tonyvr4]

I have used speccy to get system details but it does not show disk activity

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Storage Monitor for Windows

Not free but 30 day trial is available.

 

[tonyvr4]

Storage Monitor for Windows

Not free but 30 day trial is available.

True that it is not free, but $50-$99 is out of what I can afford

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Google search for Free Storage Monitor while I search. Four eyes are better than 2.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

10 free storage utilities - Computerworld

Check these out!

 

[Dixon Butz]

These gadgets have what you want and more

Most Wanted and Popular Windows 7 and Windows Vista Gadgets

 

[tonyvr4]

These do look great! I tried the drive monitor and it does not monitor the dvd drive. Also, for some reason the network monitor did not update properly. It showed basic stats, but did not show updated activity when I tested it