Windows 11 100% disk usage

Anonymous
2022-02-19T22:42:24+00:00

Hello, recently windows offered free update from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Since completing this update, I have been having the issue whereby task manager shows that 100% disk being used on a constant basis. Laptop runs at a snail's pace now and it's only 3 months old. Could you please assist?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-08-12T06:57:38+00:00

    I tried all solutions here and none worked.

    The only one that worked- I changed my hard disk to a pure SSD 256 GB hard drive

    This problem affects all windows 10/11 running on HDD or hybrid SSD+HDD.

    Shame on MS, HP, Lenovo and other manufacturers to not come together, offer a public recall with HD replacement to solve this once and for all for so many users

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-08-12T15:03:48+00:00

    I finally broke down and killed all the auto loading startup junk and suddenly everything was fine. I then put in the few things I wanted one by one until they were loading at startup and left everything else out. The culprit is somewhere in a mass of **** third-party badly written garbage and there is so much of it I haven’t bothered to run it down. No problems since.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-08-20T18:34:40+00:00

    Thank you Thank you. Many months of great frustration are finally over.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-20T17:56:40+00:00

    I have tried everything on this page and still getting 100% disk usage. This renders the laptop no more than a paper weight. Any other suggestion. Apart from swapping hard drive.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-20T18:23:07+00:00

    Hi,
    My name is Igor, I have 12 Microsoft MVP awards. It's a pleasure for me to help others and I'll do all my best to help you. I'm sorry you have a problems.

    Do you have HDD or SSD? If it is HDD, please check drive's health with third party CrystalDiskInfo tool. If you have SSD, check it with a manufacturer's tool.

    And please run Task manager, open Performance tab, select Disk C: at the left and show a screenshot.

    CrystalDiskInfo tool works great. Every HDD should have this software.

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