Try disabling the screensaver.  If that doesn't do it, you can download a 
program called WinTop which tells you all processes that are running, even 
the hidden system ones.


HTH,
Matt



>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim  Meyer)
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [newbie] Lnx4win
>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:23:49 -0800 (PST)
>
>All, (I think I sent this message prior to officially joining the list,
>still looking help.)
>
>I recently installed Linux on an empty partition but was disappointed to
>learn that I have a winmodem and thus cannot use Linux exclusively. So I
>decided to play with Lnx4win. I am having trouble getting through the
>install however; it bombs erratically while decompressing the program 
>files,
>usually in 2-3 minutes but it has run upto 6 minutes. I performed scandisk
>prior to installation and found that something is periodically and
>eratically writing to disk. I believe this is happening also during the
>install.  It does not appear to to be fastfind, nor are there any other
>programs running (I used the alt-cntrl-del pop-up to close any running
>programs. I also tried remarking many of the drivers in the windows
>system.ini file. I just can't find anything  that would be writing to disk
>this way.  I have a pentium 90 with Windows95 and Plus! Also, I have a
>compressed drive I use for backup for my primary drive. Any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>Jim Meyer
>

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