I asked this question: http://serverfault.com/questions/609425/who-is-reading-my-hard-drive-svchost Can you please clarify why it is off-topic? I could make a case that a professional could have an issue with svchost doing unneeded and unnecessary HDD reads and needs to find an answer. I am curious what had my question sound not professional, and if there is a SE forum that could address my concern better.