HDD LED Light **PLEASE HELP***

I am not sure what I did wrong, but my left case light (I believe called the HDD LED) keep going on and off. I don't know if this is a healthy situation for the computer or not... Is this light suppose to be steady at all times? Why is it blinking every few seconds?
Please help with your knowledge,
Thanks in advanced!!!

Use the HDDs on the primary IDE channel. One Master One Slave. On the secondary channel mount the DVD as master and the CD rom as slave.
Yes if you have a window open for browsing and a MP3 playing in the background you are likely to have some HDD activity.
If you turn those off and still get activity then disconnect from the internet if you are on Dialup or remove the Ethernet cable if you are on High Speed connect. If the lED goes out after a while then it is likely that you are infected or have a serious spyware issue. It does not matter if you are on a clean install. If the modem was hooked up during your install it only takes four seconds to become found and infected these days on the internet if your firewall was not up or and you had a connection to the internet.

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