HIGH disk usage Windows 8 Pro

Anonymous
2013-01-23T14:51:58+00:00

It's been about 4 days since I've had this issue. My computer was running really slow, so I checked the Task Manager and saw that a "System" process was running under the name "ntoskrnl.exe". I thought it was a virus or a rootkit. I ran Windows Defender and nothing was detected. I just did a clean install of my operating system last night, and I'm checking my processes and the same issue is persisting.

I have an HP Pavilion m7 1015-dx.

If the problem is persisting like I think it is, can this be a hardware issue?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-10T00:12:26+00:00

    Its a 100% disk usage problem in all Windows 8 Versions. In task manager programs like services and system.exe consumes .5-1 MB/s and shows a disk usage of 100% and make other running programs unresponsive.

    Its a major problem in windows 8 and still Microsoft is not doing anything regarding this!!

    Are we supposed to face this problem until the next release of Windows or is there any way to fix it permanently??

    Window 10 is worse, if I'm unable to roll back I'll save, format and reload Windows 7. Pretty much had it with Microsoft, my next computer will be an Apple.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-14T15:09:58+00:00

    I had very similar symptoms and used SMART HD tools to determine it was my HD. Bed sectors resulted in excessive read times.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-12T20:18:45+00:00

    Ok guys , so I have a workaround solution for this issue ( except the defrag , the sfc/scannow command and all mentioned above . It is simple , fast and it helped at least 15 persons having this issue so far ... open the Charm bar , go to the Search field , type **View local services ,**go to the services and stop the BITS ( Background Intelligent Transfer Service ) service. After that just restart your PC and you are set .

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-07-08T08:17:44+00:00

    It worked after Disabled the service of " Windows Search "!!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-06-11T01:58:28+00:00

    Thanks for the tip "Right click the bottom left corner of the screen" I didn't know about that shortcut and I use it all the time now. A very useful and convenient feature.

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