2 toshiba satellite laptop problems

These are my problems
1. My HDD indicator is blinking even when I do nothing ( blinks every half second or so)
2. When I go somewhere my display turns off and when I move my mouse display turns on but nothing is happening. Everything is standing still (sometimes 20 seconds, sometimes 2 or 3 minutes ) and than he is ready to work.
Upgraded BIOS to version 2.20
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Laptop: Toshiba Satellite A300-PSAG8E
anyone know the solutions?
Need help please! Thank you

Sounds like windows search.
Windows search provides content indexing, property caching, and search results for files, e-mail, and other content.
I used the administrative option to stop and disable it. It's reversable and can be restarted and set back to automatic.
http://windows7.iyogi.net/tips/windows-7-indexing-service
At first I thought it was the virtual memory settings causing all the hd activity (thrashing) but I noticed it was happening when the system was idle and the machine has 4gb of ram and very little of it actually used.

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