Fixing 100% disk usage in Windows 10 with Chrome and Skype running

I do not believe this problem will be fixed by Microsoft.

I think the best practice would be to do what the last poster suggests, and then wait about 2-3 minutes for the hard drive to go down to a proper level, mine actually goes down even to below 10% after a few minutes.

Windows 10 has been made by Microsoft for Solid State Drives, (SSD).  These are used in cellphones, however, very few Laptops, All-In-Ones, Towers, etc., with larger hard drive, come with SSD.  That is due to the price of SSD when they are over 256 GB. 

Will the regular Hard Drives with the slower RPM's than an SSD wear out sooner due to this problem?

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Well I have an SSD on my system....the problem is not occasional operation at 100% disk activity (I see that at most startups)   The problem is the system hangs and  "windows not responding is displayed".  When this happens the disk shows it is 100% active but there is no evidence of any disk activity. The problem does not go away if you just let it sit (anyway not in 8hrs) the fact that the laptop stays cool is also an indication that it isn't doing anything. Hard power off is required.

I do not believe this problem will be fixed by Microsoft.

I think the best practice would be to do what the last poster suggests, and then wait about 2-3 minutes for the hard drive to go down to a proper level, mine actually goes down even to below 10% after a few minutes.

Windows 10 has been made by Microsoft for Solid State Drives, (SSD).  These are used in cellphones, however, very few Laptops, All-In-Ones, Towers, etc., with larger hard drive, come with SSD.  That is due to the price of SSD when they are over 256 GB. 

Will the regular Hard Drives with the slower RPM's than an SSD wear out sooner due to this problem?

That is the question. 

For me, I have made the decision that Windows 10 is much better than the Windows 8.1 that came with this computer, and I am going to live with the problem.  When the hard drive gives out I will buy an SSD.  I have a 1 TB Hard Drive that is the slower RPM, and I use under 40 GB, so a small SSD will be good enough for me in the future.  My other computer that runs Windows 10 is a netbook with a 1.66 GHz processor, and 1 GB of RAM, it is running more robust with Windows 10, not a SSD either.  Is this problem with only the 64 bit version of Windows 10?  That I will have to check on that netbook when I get a chance.

There is no single solution to this problem. the 100 % disk usage can be the result of several programs, windows services, or background programs/services etc.

So everyone will have to try and find which one works for them. the solution is disable one or more programs/ services and see if the disk usage drops. it is also possible that the disk usage will rise to 100 % again after a while, because it is caused by other programs. its an annoying thing.

for instance in my case: i disabled the following programs services

• some backup service of avg antivirus
• windows block level backup service
• windows prefetch
• also via settings " show notifications about windows"
• ...

they work but not permanently

So this is a problem that needs to be fixed by microsoft itself to give a permanent result.

Wow ! It worked. 

Outstanding u're, thank you so much. U made my day ^^

I have spent too many hours trying to Fix Windows 8, and then Windows 8.1. Then I realized that I am not a MS employee and I took the best decision. It is usual to say in Brazil that if advice was good it would be sold and not given but I will give my advice to anyone who is struggling with this damn 100% disk usage. Downgrade to Windows 7. Don't waste your time trying to solve this. You may even think that the problem is solved after doing something that should not be done but the problem will come back very soon. My best advice is: downgrade to Windows 7 and don't waste your time doing MS job. If MS release a fix in the future for this I will upgrade, otherwise I will never consider this option.