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
    2020-06-02T09:00:55+00:00

    I fought this battle for a long time, tried every fix on the web I could find...IE turn off superfetch, 14 Tricks to Solve 100% Drive Usage in Windows 10, change this setting in the registry, etc, etc.  Even bought a new hard drive..nothing worked.  My machine has 3 internal drives plus 2 external...mostly occurred on one drive, but the issue would float to others now and then.

    I'm a coder and working with computers since DOS/1982, so have a reasonably good command...this issue haunted me.  Drive would show 100% in Task Manager with 0 bits of data transfer, lock up the machine for 1 or 2 minutes, work right for a little while, sometimes only 5 min, sometimes hours.  I ran Check in the Tools under Properties, CHKDSK in CMD...nothing worked.

    Here's what my issue was that NO post I read ever mentioned....BAD POWER SUPPLY.  Makes no sense to me, but my power supply started shutting off in the middle of my work....then would work after a short rest (for a while), then turn off again.  Put up with that for a day than replaced it and low and behold...everyone of my drives are working like they should...I AM AMAZED!  AND VERY HAPPY! Posting this in case it helps someone.

    Thank you so much for this. I've been having the same issue for months and couldn't figure it out why. Every-time I'd unplug my adapter, The Disk usage would decrease dramatically.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-06-20T00:05:40+00:00

    search for defragment and optimize drives.

    Select C drive or the drive you have windows installed.

    hit Analyze and once it's completed , hit optimize

    it will take some time to complete

    see if that makes a difference

    try same for other drives as well

    PS : worked for me , no more 100 % disk utilization

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-23T05:41:34+00:00

    I've been dealing with the 100% disk usage problem for over 2 years.  It gets "fixed", only to happen again a few months later.  It has rendered my computer completely idol while downloading updates to "install" in the non active hours.  But the download itself happens at any time during the day, (usually when I need my computer), and takes my computer hostage while it hangs.  I have a job ticket in for an advanced tech for this coming Saturday.  But I admit, I don't think they will be able to ever fix it.  I'm quite disappointed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-06-23T05:56:43+00:00

    i have an Acer 64bit, 16 ram, have norton for virus protection and use few software programs.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-06-25T23:53:43+00:00

    SOLVED!  I changed my power supply and disk usage is where it should be.  I have two laptops and just used the other one.  Thank you for pointing this out!  Joe

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