Weird pause to access hard drive

realmadmartian

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Every once in a while when viewing an HTML email or some web pages, upon accessing the page the program (IE or Outlook 2003) will pause while there is vigorous access of the hard disk for 5 to 10 seconds, then the HTML file will be displayed. It is as if the computer is loading a viewer or pagefile or something. It is highly annoying. Anyone know what causes this?
 
I run Norton Cleansweep automatically every Monday, which takes care of that. I think it happens when it is viewing certain files, like loading a specific viewer or something.