Windows 10 100 Percent Disk Usage Problem

Anonymous
2018-02-21T04:28:45+00:00

Hi ..

Disk showing 100% and slowing down my system everytime . I have tried some of the fixes posted in google but nothing worked so far. 

tried almost everything suggested in - https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/100-disk-usage-windows-10-fixed/

Task manager indicate some times single windows update , some times single system windows process takes almost 98% of disk . 

I killed all background processes once and it seems resolved for a while but its resurfacing. 

Please help me to resolve this .

Thanks 

Ganesh

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-03-03T15:45:50+00:00

    Windows 10 - 100% Disk Usage

    possible solution did the WIndows +r 

    entered services.msc

    disables the bits (background intelligent  transfer service) , superfech , windows search but stayed at 100% then i noticed the "xbox live auth manager" was ruining  i stopped the program and doped to 2 %

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-02-28T04:26:56+00:00

    My issue not resolved. 

    If this is device related,  we would not have seen these many posts about the same issue. Just google disk 100 % full and see how many pages it give and how many people are struggling on the same bug.

    For me this is Windows 10 issue.

    If you can't help let it be like this and people know that it is an unsolvable crazy bug and they wont waste time in asking this again in this forum.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-20T16:30:33+00:00

    My issue not resolved. 

    If this is device related,  we would not have seen these many posts about the same issue. Just google disk 100 % full and see how many pages it give and how many people are struggling on the same bug.

    For me this is Windows 10 issue.

    If you can't help let it be like this and people know that it is an unsolvable crazy bug and they wont waste time in asking this again in this forum.

    totally agree. Its the most sad part of this issue that Microsoft is trying to push the blame on the manufacturer. These guys don't seem to be taking into account so many multiple threads created related to this problem. None of these were existent in Windows 7. As you said, just google "100% hard disk usage Windows 10" and so many forums post will pop-up all over MS forums as well as others telling people to stop superfetch, windows search, skype settings and what not !!! They keep giving people these generic solution so that they will stop on their complaining about the issue as the time goes by. And if someone does have the patience, they will in the end tell him to Reset the PC which won;t solve the problem either. This is a know issue in Windows 10 Home Edition and even the device manufacturers like HP/DELL acknowledge it but Microsoft won't. They will give you thee generic solution and make you so tired that you will give up and stop posting and learn to live with it. In my case , it's been over year and a half ...been playing ping-pong with Microsoft and HP. May be I should just send the Laptop to Mr. Gates and Mr. Pichai and may be they can make it as their daily driver to realize what unfinished piece of software their company is selling. May be Mr. Jobs was right when he spoke about the integration of Hardware and Software. And please don't reply with another generic solution on this post of mine. I've done them all. May be i'll just donate this laptop to a Microsoft care center where support staff can learn doing real troubleshooting on real problematic hardware rather than posting "solutions" from the Manuals they keep at their hand.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-02-21T05:51:04+00:00

    Hi,

    A recent change in the configuration of your device can be one of the factors why this issue occurs. After installing the Fall Creators Update you may encounter issues with 100% high disk usage. To troubleshoot your concern, we recommend that you disable some services in Windows 10 to isolate this problem. The following services areSuperfetch, HomeGroup Listener, HomeGroup Provider,andWindows Search. 

    The Superfetch helps to pre-load the programs you often use into the memory. But if you don't use any of the programs after turning on the PC, it will still take up a high percentage of the disk. Also, the HomeGroup services can result in the high workload of the disk and the CPU and slow down the system running.

    To disable the services in Windows 10. Here’s how:

    1. Press Windows Key + R on your keyboard to open the run dialog box.
    2. Type services.msc and press Enter.
    3. Locate Superfetch.
    4. Double-click Superfetch.
    5. Select Automatic (Delay Start) from the drop-down menu of Startup type.

    6. Double-click the HomeGroup Listener, the HomeGroup Provider and the Windows Search. 7. Select Disable d form the drop-down menu of Startup type.

    Let us know if the solution above works for you.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-05-29T18:40:30+00:00

    I too have the same problem ! 

    This is very bad from Microsoft ! 

    I found some information regarding this issue .

    Firstly, according to wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows\_10)  windows 10 was released on 29th July, 2015. 

    On the same day a post on Microsoft Support ( https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3083595/task-manager-might-show-100-disk-utilization-on-windows-10-devices-wit)

    This issue isnt new to Microsoft! 

    Since then, there are a number of posts about this issue on various platforms from 2015  till now ! 

    Besides many related posts here, there are many more on the web.

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/8db2229d-2066-4a2a-b7a0-3f4fac9e3deb/windows-10-64bit-100-disk-usage?forum=win10itprohardware

    https://tunecomp.net/100-disk-usage-windows-10-how-to-fix/

    https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager-software/fix-windows-10-100-disk-usage-in-task-manager.html

    https://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-10/troubleshoot-100-disk-usage-windows-10/

    https://windowsreport.com/windows-10-anniversary-update-100-disk-usage/

    https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/100-disk-usage-windows-10-fixed/

    https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/100-disk-usage-windows-10.html

    https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-tips-fix-100-disk-usage-improve-windows-performance/

    http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3579010/100-disk-usage-drving-nuts.html

    https://fossbytes.com/fix-100-disk-usage-windows-10/

    This issue seems so common and unsolved for most ( maybe all ) . Once you get this issue, it appears there is no way out !

    I am using my system with dual boot, and I face no issue while I use my other OS.

    If Microsoft does not not want to look into these issues and let users suffer then Microsoft should realize there are alternatives for people.  

    Even if this issue is not related to windows, simple fact that there are many questions posted to them should make them act for us ! 

    Microsoft could make a analysis on these issues and publish some information. It will help a lot ! I have been struck around this issue for more than 2 weeks now and I sometime feel, it is not worth the effort! 

    No matter how many features you give, if I am unable to use my computer then what is the whole point ??  Practically, my computer is useless with 100% disk usage and sometime I think of #UninstallWindows10 

    Just because you dont know, doesnt mean nothing is happening ! Act if you care, before it is too late!

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