External Hard Drive reading all the time!

[tukaine]

For some reason my Lacie external drive that's hooked up to my imac is constantly being read for no reason. It's never idle and never rests until I eject it. I'm afraid the drive's gonna fail soon and all my work gone... anyone experienced this? Did a search but can't find anything online

 

[Hellhammer]

Are you running Time Machine? Hard drives are made to work, they won't die because of reading. Your internal drive is being accessed all the time