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
    2018-10-25T18:51:48+00:00

    This may come as small consolation to anyone having this issue, but I also had the problem, for several days- just before the drive failed.  SOLUTION-  SSD, which has finally become reasonably priced, I swapped out my Dell's sad, old school mechanical disk for a similarly-sized SSD, and my drive usage went down to almost nothing.  Now, the bulk of the usage is on the memory and CPU, and not on the hard drive.  Hallelujah!  I can't say for sure that the swap was the solution, or that my 100% usage wasn't related to the state of the failing drive.  All I can say is, well.  Problem solved.

    Incidentally, I went through EVERY recommended fix, turning things off, standing on one leg, saying a prayer, but finally got resolution with the drive swap.  So, I got that goin for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-10T00:43:54+00:00

    I have the same/similar issue. Noticed it in the last couple of months. I believe this is after a couple Windows 10 updates. Things get slow. I look and see Disk at 100%. I have stopped Norton Antivirus with no change. I have rebooted with no change. It seems to need to run its course for a period of time then recovers after 10 or 15 minutes. Are the problems recorded here constant 100% or does it recover periodically? Have had WIndows 10 and this Latitude E6530 for years now with no problem until recently. So far, it always recovers after a time.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-10-07T00:52:47+00:00

    I too have this issue. It started when I had an issue with Outlook from Office 365. I eventually contacted a service rep who uninstalled Office 365 then re-installed it. This fixed the issue I had with Outlook but then I started getting the 100% disk problem. I had never seen it before so I have to presume it came from the Office 365. I am considering un-installing Office 365 and getting a different program - or upgrading to an Apple product. Really tired of Microsoft. Any body else had a similar experience?

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-09-21T22:44:24+00:00

    I also have this problem, 100% disk usage constantly. 

    Disabled Superfetch

    Disabled Windows Search

    Was working fine for 1 - 2 days then suddenly after my PC had been on for about 3 hours it just spikes back to 100% and i need to then go into MSC and start the above services and then disable them again to fix the problem.

    Please note i have had this PC for 1 year.  Only in august did this start becoming a problem. Windows 10 is utter garbage and i wish they didn't force people to pay £150 to get Windows 7 installed when you buy a new PC. This is as bad as apple forcing their crappy software/hardware on ALL users and making things incompatable with 3rd party items is the stupidest thing that any company could ever do.

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