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

Anonymous
2015-08-16T12:25:27+00:00

How to fix 100% disk usage in Windows 10

This is caused by a common combination of Skype as well Google Chrome. Similar issue with other programs could also cause 100% disk usage. To fix this do the following:

Google Chrome:

In Google Chrome, go to Settings > Show Advanced Settings ... > Privacy > Prefetch resources to load pages more quickly

and untick it. See Figure-1 below:

Figure-1

Skype:

Make sure you have exited Skype and it is not running in the taskbar (if it is running in the taskbar then quit it).

Open Windows Explorer and open the following folder:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone"

Now right click "Skype.exe" file and then click "Properties" and open the "Security" tab.

Click the "Edit" button and then highlight "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES" and place a tick in the "Write" box.

Click "Apply" and then "OK" and then "OK" again. See Figures-2 to Figure-6 below:

This is it, now run Skype and check the Disk Usage in Task Manager and it will no longer show you 100% disk usage anymore:-

I hope this helps people. I spent a long time in finding a solution to this problem.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-05-29T14:31:55+00:00

    Both checkdisk and seagate tool said it was fine, or pass or what ever..

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-05-29T16:41:36+00:00

    Both checkdisk and seagate tool said it was fine, or pass or what ever..

    Hi It may be time for you to go nuclear with a clean install!

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-perform-a-clean-install-or-reinstall-of/aef0ae63-2117-41ee-a8ea-4a3181625b08

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-05-29T17:23:26+00:00

    I apprechiate the answer/answers.. but I recently just did. Also, not long ago I changed the harddisk, obviously didnt change anything, but I changed it to a seagate firecuda gaming sshd 2tb, wich is suposed to be much better and faster, no change from the old hdd one... Yesterday I did a clean install, the first thing I checked after it was done, was if the disk was still at 100%. And of course, it was, no downloads, no nothing on my computer. restarts didnt change anything either. . . :(

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-05-29T17:26:22+00:00

    to be clear, I have done more than 10 clean installs past half year to fix this one particelar issue.. just to note that..

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-05-29T19:06:48+00:00

    Hi ! If you performed a clean install and immediately showed 100% disk usage, I really don't know what else to suggest. Please attach a screen shot of your task manager so we can see what's using 100% of your disk! Make sure the biggest users are at the top.

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