Windows 10 100 % disk usage

Anonymous
2020-02-26T13:40:33+00:00

New to Windows , so please excuse me if this has been covered in the past.

How do i correct the 100 % disk usage that has my computer by the throat ... Its causing major slowdowns. 

I have - Windows updates ON and current.

I am only running 1 app on this computer ( quickbooks accounting )

This happen seven when the computer is at rest.

Thanks in advance

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-02-20T00:44:23+00:00

    Is there a way you replace your hard disk, if it is in warranty the best you can do is to replace it with a newer one. My strategy is always to stay on a safer side while using XERO & QUICKBOOKS, I use both and have a separate system dedicated to just these with 300 GB sata hard disk, for my other tech business that requires a lot of dedicated space I have availed 2TB SATA hdd, but I never run a qb or xero there, couldn't compromise clients data, as few years back I had suffered a similar problem though not exactly the same but got my sata hdd replaced from here (I do not prefer refurbished though) as it was under warranty, just had to talk a few times though. So having this issue means you need to change the hard disk for a better one, this could be a viable option in my opinion since I do not used to waste 30-40 hours in resolving an issue that cost more per few hours than the actual price of the drive.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-03T01:51:49+00:00

    Is this issue resolved yet? I am facing the same issue and can’t find a genuine fix for this :( Any help would be appreciated.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-29T17:07:24+00:00

    I had the same issue and it ended up being the APPX service causing the 100% disk usage.

    AS soon as you ed task on it it dropped my disk from 100% to 5%. here is how to disable it. hopefully that helps some of you.

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/b2bc8708-3a21-4b07-abf6-e9359e3e7961/appx-deployment-service-appxsvc-always-runs-at-startup-despite-set-as-manual-how-comes?forum=win10itprosetup

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-10-21T23:09:56+00:00

    Yes, it is the 2004 update 

    there are more objective threads outside this forum

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-10-09T10:41:53+00:00

    The problem started soon after we bought the machine. This all-in-one machine uses a special power supply and that to me is a red herring that worked for a desktop with an industry-standard desktop power supply. The fact that one person has the problem on two laptops pretty much tells me it is not a voltage/power problem.

    HWmonitor will tell you if there are hardware issues off https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

    Diskcheckup will tell you the health of your disks  https://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup/

    Thanks SSkillman. I'll try the links you posted.

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