Hard drive runs constantly - ??

[jmichaels29]

Ubuntu 20.04 lts


My HD runs constantly. What could cause this?

[Frogs Hair]

Please provide some information about your computer and describe what specifically is happening.

[Dennis N]

Ubuntu 20.04 lts - My HD runs constantly. What could cause this?

Internal HDDs are normally always spinning. External HDD sometimes has spindown feature after period of inactivity.

[TheFu]

Ubuntu 20.04 lts


My HD runs constantly. What could cause this?

Reading data from it?
Writing data to it?

That data can be from logs, background processes, network traffic, do you have a browser running that likes to pre-cache data, swap use ... could be all sorts of things.

But those are just guesses based on the provided information. Better quality information would be helpful to better quality guesses.