What's Churning My Disk? Software Update problems?

I have an Intel Macbook Pro running Leopard with an external Firewire 800 drive as a Time Machine drive and for general backup. I don't use it much, but I keep certain files, along with TM -- all on the same partition. It's a noisy Seagate and I can hear it when it accesses the disk.
Since yesterday it has been churning constantly. So far, I've done the following:
I went into Spotlight and made the disk private.
I turned off Time Machine.
I quit all applications.
I disconnected the machine from the net.
And still it churns and chatters non-stop.
Activity Monitor shows the Finder using 50% of CPU cycles. When I eject the disk that goes down to a few percent.
Perhaps coincidentally, I installed some Apple updates yesterday via Software Update -- Macbook Pro SMC Firmware Update, iTunes 8.2 and iLife Support 9.0.3. I believe that the incessant disk access started after that, but I can't be sure.
Does anybody have any suggestions? Is there a problem with the firmware update? What else could it be?
Thanks for any suggestions anybody might have,
Steve

Got it.
Disk churning seems to start with Time Machine, then continues after Time Machine is done. Normal reading and writing does not make this noise -- but fast access of multiple sectors apparently does (and TM always sounds this way). Constant churning never happened prior to the last couple of days. I turned off TM yesterday and no churning since. Turned it back on just now, did a back up and sure, enough, the thing is still churning 55 minutes later, Finder using 12 to 70% of CPU (normally less than 1%). To stop it, simply eject the disk, then remount.
Activity Monitor says:
Page Ins 999.91 MB
Page Outs 311.92 MB
Disk Activity Tab shows data read speed of about 1 MB/Sec, data write speed is zero, presumably because nothing is being written.
I can't imagine what is going on...
Thanks very much for your help,
Steve

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Scan results will include superseded updates only when they are superseded by service packs and definition updates. WUAHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:57 PM 4548 (0x11C4)
Search Criteria is ((DeploymentAction=* AND Type='Software' AND CategoryIDs contains 'BFE5B177-A086-47A0-B102-097E4FA1F807')) WUAHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:57 PM 4548 (0x11C4)
Async searching of updates using WUAgent started. WUAHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:57 PM 4548 (0x11C4)
Async searching completed. WUAHandler 8/15/2014 5:03:04 PM 2608 (0x0A30)
Successfully completed scan. WUAHandler 8/15/2014 5:03:05 PM 968 (0x03C8)
CWuaHandler::SetCategoriesForStateReportingExclusion called with E0789628-CE08-4437-BE74-2495B842F43B;E0789628-CE08-4437-BE74-2495B842F43B,A38C835C-2950-4E87-86CC-6911A52C34A3; for leaves and E0789628-CE08-4437-BE74-2495B842F43B,A38C835C-2950-4E87-86CC-6911A52C34A3;
for bundles WUAHandler 8/15/2014 5:18:35 PM 4256 (0x10A0)
UpdatesHandler.log
Initiating updates scan for checking applicability. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:22 PM 1336 (0x0538)
Initiating updates scan for checking applicability. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:22 PM 3388 (0x0D3C)
Successfully initiated scan. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:22 PM 1336 (0x0538)
Successfully initiated scan. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:22 PM 3388 (0x0D3C)
Initiating updates scan for checking applicability. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:22 PM 1336 (0x0538)
Successfully initiated scan. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:22 PM 1336 (0x0538)
Initiating updates scan for checking applicability. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:22 PM 1336 (0x0538)
Successfully initiated scan. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:22 PM 1336 (0x0538)
Updates scan completion received, result = 0x0. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:41 PM 3388 (0x0D3C)
Updates scan completion received, result = 0x0. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:42 PM 4488 (0x1188)
Updates scan completion received, result = 0x0. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:43 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Updates scan completion received, result = 0x0. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:02:57 PM 3388 (0x0D3C)
Updates scan completion received, result = 0x0. UpdatesHandler 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 1336 (0x0538)
UpdatesStore.log
Update status from update (f61b102e-ce91-4086-94d0-fb199d7ce5ee) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (f6a9dfd6-91f2-449f-aef9-0d7f5f801d03) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (f7583494-fffa-4e41-99bc-1e4958f752f9) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (f76f5a9c-8325-4256-a632-654f153704b4) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (f802bfe3-9553-4542-bd1d-bdca38ff645c) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (f90253be-d178-4681-8ca9-71ac186b31f6) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (f92c8766-da08-4e0d-841d-1f36d3270cd3) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (f9ff6d98-1a01-437e-8728-f29cb8c71b13) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (fa090999-3b89-4dd1-82b2-6e16b0841e24) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (fbc9a192-a1d6-4008-8ea6-cd497b8b8668) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (fc7e731b-f4c9-44af-aaa8-952a614b4a64) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (fca3e05e-3bc0-4291-a675-9769042c9594) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (fda58512-32f3-4a5d-a5c4-05a193e037d4) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (fe2139b2-00f2-4eb3-8b28-d439e762967c) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (ff6cd189-1c49-4438-ac4e-34d988330e5f) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Update status from update (ffbb4e7e-0edc-47fe-8c02-65211d2586fb) already exists, will modify existing instance. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Successfully done with SetStatus() operation. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 968 (0x03C8)
Querying update status of 10 updates. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 1336 (0x0538)
Querying update status completed successfully. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 1336 (0x0538)
Querying update status of 14 updates. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 4548 (0x11C4)
Querying update status completed successfully. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 4548 (0x11C4)
Querying update status of 22 updates. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 2372 (0x0944)
Querying update status completed successfully. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 2372 (0x0944)
Querying update status of 12 updates. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 4488 (0x1188)
Querying update status completed successfully. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 4488 (0x1188)
Querying update status of 26 updates. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 4516 (0x11A4)
Querying update status completed successfully. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 4516 (0x11A4)
Querying update status of 10 updates. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 4368 (0x1110)
Querying update status completed successfully. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 4368 (0x1110)
Querying update status of 12 updates. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 1984 (0x07C0)
Querying update status completed successfully. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 1984 (0x07C0)
Querying update status of 1 updates. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 4296 (0x10C8)
Querying update status completed successfully. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:06 PM 4296 (0x10C8)
Querying update status of 10 updates. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:07 PM 4516 (0x11A4)
Querying update status completed successfully. UpdatesStore 8/15/2014 5:03:07 PM 4516 (0x11A4)
Windowsupdate.log
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {801E75EC-F4EF-483C-B606-AB930EBF46B3}.202 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {61BFE3EC-A1DC-4EAB-9481-0D8FD7319AE8}.100 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {07D8D1ED-1E2A-4696-A20F-9EE6D983B0E6}.100 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {B0CD9CEE-4C6B-4E2D-B4DA-1F83C4657C18}.104 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {006666EF-3638-4ADC-8DA0-65F08E31A4C2}.102 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {0CFB8DEF-9B7E-478C-A746-8F9F91311DB5}.103 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {2EE7B9F1-22B7-4618-84B1-8F0804A2ED02}.101 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {99EB2EF3-7266-4488-9A80-A49418A4D1D4}.201 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {B34E43F5-2F06-4D9D-B147-EE76B076E9C0}.100 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {AD752FF8-DF05-4532-84B2-FEFF2D98F689}.101 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {5357F0F8-DC7C-467C-8D8D-EA4D6345260C}.200 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {77507BF9-6899-47DF-96D0-2FFA53A90470}.101 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {EFA1E1FA-3CAD-4098-94E7-571D00F5B3BA}.202 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:963 924 1024 Agent   * Added update {ACCDC8FE-BC27-4473-9F35-BD9D0880B4D2}.101 to search result
2014-08-15 17:03:03:966 924 1024 Agent   * Found 192 updates and 8 categories in search; evaluated appl. rules of 313 out of 697 deployed entities
2014-08-15 17:03:03:972 924 1024 Agent *********
2014-08-15 17:03:03:972 924 1024 Agent ** END ** Agent: Finding updates [CallerId = CcmExec]
2014-08-15 17:03:03:972 924 1024 Agent *************
2014-08-15 17:03:03:990 3536 3c8 COMAPI >>-- RESUMED -- COMAPI: Search [ClientId = CcmExec]
2014-08-15 17:03:04:340 3536 3c8 COMAPI   - Updates found = 192
2014-08-15 17:03:04:340 3536 3c8 COMAPI ---------
2014-08-15 17:03:04:340 3536 3c8 COMAPI -- END -- COMAPI: Search [ClientId = CcmExec]
2014-08-15 17:03:04:340 3536 3c8 COMAPI -------------
2014-08-15 17:15:14:576 924 a98 Shutdwn user declined update at shutdown
2014-08-15 17:15:14:576 924 a98 AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2014-08-15 17:15:14:576 924 a98 AU AU initiates service shutdown
2014-08-15 17:15:14:576 924 a98 AU ########### AU: Uninitializing Automatic Updates ###########
2014-08-15 17:15:14:701 924 a98 Report CWERReporter finishing event handling. (00000000)
2014-08-15 17:15:14:717 924 a98 Service *********
2014-08-15 17:15:14:717 924 a98 Service ** END ** Service: Service exit [Exit code = 0x240001]
2014-08-15 17:15:14:717 924 a98 Service *************
2014-08-15 17:18:22:445 904 230 Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.6.7600.256, tz: +0100) ===========
2014-08-15 17:18:22:445 904 230 Misc   = Process: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
2014-08-15 17:18:22:445 904 230 Misc   = Module: c:\windows\system32\wuaueng.dll
2014-08-15 17:18:22:445 904 230 Service *************
2014-08-15 17:18:22:445 904 230 Service ** START ** Service: Service startup
2014-08-15 17:18:22:461 904 230 Service *********
2014-08-15 17:18:23:256 904 230 Agent   * WU client version 7.6.7600.256
2014-08-15 17:18:23:287 904 230 Agent   * Base directory: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
2014-08-15 17:18:23:428 904 230 Agent   * Access type: No proxy
2014-08-15 17:18:23:521 904 230 Agent   * Network state: Connected
2014-08-15 17:18:36:498 904 e54 Report CWERReporter::Init succeeded
2014-08-15 17:18:36:514 904 e54 Agent *********** Agent: Initializing Windows Update Agent ***********
2014-08-15 17:18:36:514 904 e54 Agent *********** Agent: Initializing global settings cache ***********
2014-08-15 17:18:36:514 904 e54 Agent   * WSUS server:
http://SCCMserver.com:8530
2014-08-15 17:18:36:514 904 e54 Agent   * WSUS status server:
http://SCCMserver.com:8530
2014-08-15 17:18:36:514 904 e54 Agent   * Target group: (Unassigned Computers)
2014-08-15 17:18:36:514 904 e54 Agent   * Windows Update access disabled: No
2014-08-15 17:18:36:514 904 e54 DnldMgr Download manager restoring 0 downloads
2014-08-15 17:18:37:886 904 230 Report *********** Report: Initializing static reporting data ***********
2014-08-15 17:18:37:886 904 230 Report   * OS Version = 6.1.7600.0.0.65792
2014-08-15 17:18:37:886 904 230 Report   * OS Product Type = 0x00000004
2014-08-15 17:18:37:886 904 230 Report   * Computer Brand = VMware, Inc.
2014-08-15 17:18:37:886 904 230 Report   * Computer Model = VMware Virtual Platform
2014-08-15 17:18:37:886 904 230 Report   * Bios Revision = 6.00
2014-08-15 17:18:37:886 904 230 Report   * Bios Name = PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
2014-08-15 17:18:37:886 904 230 Report   * Bios Release Date = 2012-07-02T00:00:00
2014-08-15 17:18:37:886 904 230 Report   * Locale ID = 1033
2014-08-15 17:18:43:049 904 10f4 Report CWERReporter finishing event handling. (00000000)
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU ########### AU: Initializing Automatic Updates ###########
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU   # WSUS server:
http://SCCMserver.com:8530
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU   # Detection frequency: 10
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU   # Approval type: Pre-install notify (Policy)
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU   # Auto-install minor updates: Yes (Policy)
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU Initializing featured updates
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU Found 0 cached featured updates
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU AU finished delayed initialization
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU #############
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU ## START ## AU: Search for updates
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU #########
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 230 AU <<## SUBMITTED ## AU: Search for updates [CallId = {081DAF36-6F30-4383-9B4F-3439B1869B38}]
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 10f4 Agent *************
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 10f4 Agent ** START ** Agent: Finding updates [CallerId = AutomaticUpdates]
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 10f4 Agent *********
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 10f4 Agent   * Online = No; Ignore download priority = No
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 10f4 Agent   * Criteria = "IsInstalled=0 and DeploymentAction='Installation' or IsPresent=1 and DeploymentAction='Uninstallation' or IsInstalled=1 and DeploymentAction='Installation' and RebootRequired=1
or IsInstalled=0 and DeploymentAction='Uninstallation' and RebootRequired=1"
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 10f4 Agent   * ServiceID = {3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7} Managed
2014-08-15 17:19:22:199 904 10f4 Agent   * Search Scope = {Machine}
2014-08-15 17:19:29:982 904 10f4 Agent   * Found 0 updates and 171 categories in search; evaluated appl. rules of 337 out of 2240 deployed entities
2014-08-15 17:19:29:982 904 10f4 Agent *********
2014-08-15 17:19:29:982 904 10f4 Agent ** END ** Agent: Finding updates [CallerId = AutomaticUpdates]
2014-08-15 17:19:29:982 904 10f4 Agent *************
2014-08-15 17:19:29:998 904 10f4 Report REPORT EVENT: {CD4756C6-2116-4B99-B2AD-C970D24DE94F} 2014-08-15 17:19:22:199+0100 1 202 102 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 0 0 AutomaticUpdates Success Content
Install Reboot completed.
2014-08-15 17:19:29:998 904 1108 AU >>## RESUMED ## AU: Search for updates [CallId = {081DAF36-6F30-4383-9B4F-3439B1869B38}]
2014-08-15 17:19:29:998 904 1108 AU   # 0 updates detected
2014-08-15 17:19:30:013 904 1108 AU #########
2014-08-15 17:19:30:013 904 1108 AU ## END ## AU: Search for updates [CallId = {081DAF36-6F30-4383-9B4F-3439B1869B38}]
2014-08-15 17:19:30:013 904 1108 AU #############
2014-08-15 17:19:30:013 904 1108 AU Featured notifications is disabled.
2014-08-15 17:19:30:013 904 1108 AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2014-08-15 17:19:30:013 904 1108 AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2014-08-15 17:19:30:029 904 10f4 Report CWERReporter finishing event handling. (00000000)
2014-08-15 17:19:35:020 904 10f4 Report CWERReporter finishing event handling. (00000000)
2014-08-15 17:22:35:006 904 10f4 Report Uploading 1 events using cached cookie, reporting URL =
http://SCCMserver.com:8530/ReportingWebService/ReportingWebService.asmx
2014-08-15 17:22:35:255 904 10f4 Report Reporter successfully uploaded 1 events.
Not sure whats going wrong??????????
When I checked the Deployment Monitoring Tool for the perticular test PC, the contents for the Patch deployments are blank (Have attached the image)
Thanks.

Let's start with that I think it's a very tricky method of deploying software updates. There is always a possibility that between phase 1 and 3 some updates are revised or even some complete new updates are available. That could cause differences (in for
example behavior) between your test clients and your other clients.
Back to your issue, it's hard to judge based on the log snippets. It looks like a function client and at the end I see something about 0 updates available.. Make sure that the software update group contains updates, the deployment is targeted to the right
collection and the content is all downloaded and available.
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