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
    2020-04-30T13:12:21+00:00

    Good Morning.... THANK YOU for your reply.   One step that I cannot seem to "find" is PROCESS DISK... 

     "then on top of same window page select 'Process disk' 'check' write, read, write bytes, read bytes"

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-02-28T17:04:43+00:00

    Just so you are totally aware of the environment, Win 10 is running on a virtual machine ( parallels v15 ) and I have ran disk utilities - Mac OS first aid no no errors . This is a 2019 iMac w/16gb ram

    Standing by........................

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  3. SD - IA 180K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-02-28T16:00:30+00:00

    To summarize: It may be a hard disk problem which I am trying to find using the steps I gave above.

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  4. SD - IA 180K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-02-28T15:59:50+00:00

    Thank you. Apparently there is something else other than the program - I think the list won't even total to 1%.

    Let us first check the disk.

    Download and run HDTune .

    http://www.hdtune.com/

    Select the Disk where OS is installed.

    Make screenshots of the following

    the health

    the error scan

    the benchmark

    Post back the screenshots.

    How to do a Disk check of System drive in Windows 10 and interpret the logs

    https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2018/04/how-to...

    Please do both these steps and send the results.

    Disclaimer:

    There are links to non-Microsoft websites which would provide accurate and safe information. Watch out for ads on the websites which are frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). There is no need to buy paid products to fix your computers as they do more harm than good sometimes.

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  5. SD - IA 180K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-02-28T02:13:50+00:00

    Thank you. Unfortunately, you sorted the same in the ascending order :(

    See the arrow in the screenshot I attached on the Disk tab.

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