Windows 10: 100% disk usage. Tried probably everything...

Its getting worse and worse by the day. The disk usage goes 100% whenever i add a tab, minimize a game. This never used to happen before i tried several tips to reduce the usage which made even worse. I have tried probably everything except buying another hardrive which i wont cause mine is pretty much new. Can you suggest maybe a tip that would actually fix this problem? I tried turning off suggested services, search, power options, ending tasks...

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Windows 10 100% Disk Usage, Tried Everything

We appreciate your response. Performing a clean installation of Windows should address all software related issues. Since the problem persists after you clean install your Windows 10, there is a high possibility that a hardware component is causing this
issue. In this case, we advise that you contact the manufacturer of your device and inform them about your concern. This is for them to check the status of your device's hardware.

If you have other questions, don't hesitate to reach out to us.

 

Windows 10 100% Disk Usage, Tried Everything

Edit; if this will help at all, my device model is an Asus GL502VT.

I am running Windows 10 Home Version 1709, fully updated.

I made no out of the ordinary changes before this issue occurred. My activities on my device include gaming and web-browsing, but neither would have any bearing on how my disk is being used.

I experience this issue as soon as I boot my PC, and as soon as I start any sort of program. When I look at task manager, the program in question isn't even what is using the disk; System is using the disk.

I started Windows 10 in a clean boot and the problem was not solved. System continues to use my disk for no apparent reason, even when idle. No problems are occurring among my installed programs. But even then, I clean installed Windows 10 on an entirely
new hard drive and I am still dealing with this issue.

 

Hi,
1. Check your disk: download install and run Hard Disk Sentinel (trial) and post a screenshot of its GUI.
2. If ok, try a clean boot
Perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
part 1
and check performance, and

from an admin command prompt
[Windows key + X, click command prompt (admin)]
chkdsk C: /F
Your PC will need to restart.
Post back the result, which you can get after a restart as follows:
Read Chkdsk Log in Event Viewer in Windows 10 Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
or
How to read Event Viewer log for Chkdsk in Windows 10 [Tip] | Reviews, news, tips, and tricks | dotTechdotTech
or
How do I see the results of a CHKDSK that ran on boot? - Ask Leo!
Make sure the result is clear or fixed- else do not proceed.

Post result.

3. If not ok, boot to Safe Mode and check performance. Post result.

History:
When did this start to happen?
Do you know of any possible change that occurred that may have led to this?


Please complete your specs. Desktop? Laptop? Tablet? Surface? RAID configuration? HDD? SSHD? SSD?
See mine for comparison and please include details of your disk (s). Thanks.
System Specs - Fill in at Ten Forums Windows 10 General Tips Tutorials

Include your Windows build (Windows key + X, winver)

 

Code: Checking file system on C:The type of the file system is NTFS.A disk check has been scheduled.Windows will now check the disk. Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...Cleaning up instance tags for file 0x36099. 325888 file records processed. File verification completed. 12464 large file records processed. 0 bad file records processed. Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ... 405686 index entries processed. Index verification completed. 0 unindexed files scanned. 0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found. Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...Cleaning up 246 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.Cleaning up 246 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.Cleaning up 246 unused security descriptors.Security descriptor verification completed. 39900 data files processed. CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...Usn Journal verification completed.Windows has made corrections to the file system.No further action is required. 371132415 KB total disk space. 131249892 KB in 200966 files. 109832 KB in 39901 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 410875 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 239361816 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 92783103 total allocation units on disk. 59840454 allocation units available on disk.Internal Info:00 f9 04 00 88 ac 03 00 46 83 05 00 00 00 00 00 ........F.......13 02 00 00 6d 6d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....mm..........Windows has finished checking your disk.Please wait while your computer restarts.[/quote] Clean boot seemed to do something but it still jumps to 100% whenever i minimize a game or switch between chrome tabs. Every time i open something it just jumps to 100%.
History: I got windows 10 day 1 when it came out. And had them for almost 2 years. I did a clean install at the start of may because i though it was needed (I used to do this with windows 7 every 3 months). After that the pc was fine until two weeks ago when i started doing some simple modding and spriting. After i was done with it, then the problem started. I do have Advanced system care ultimate and I use Smart defrag, Driver booster a lot. Every few weeks i defrag my hard drive and run trough other scans to ensure security of my pc. I never had this problem before i decited to do a clean install. And right now i dont really want to do another clean installation cause downloading back stuff is just tiring. I do have external HHD where I keep my work, movies, pictures.

 

Do you have any disk images or restore points before the date you started that?
(We strongly and repeatedly recommend the use of disk imaging e.g. Macrium Reflect (free) so that you can easily recover from this sort of scenario quickly and without technical help).

Neither of these should be necessary: we strongly recommend against the routine use of driver updater programs.


Please
a. Try Safe Mode and advise whether the problem occurs then.
b. If not, please provide a screenshot of task manager (details) and Resource Monitor (disk activity) when high activity is present.

 

Well it just keeps jumping whenever i go trough tabs or open any programs.

Using a different browser is still the same. I also noticed on my device manager that i got 8 drivers of cpu.

 

Again:

(What's spriting?)

Do you have any disk images or system restore points before the date you started that?

I.e. can you restore your PC to before this started- before your tweaking?

(We strongly and repeatedly recommend the use of disk imaging e.g. Macrium Reflect (free) so that you can easily recover from this sort of scenario quickly and without technical help).

 

Consider:
1) running a manual full malware scan with your current antivirus scanner as well as malwarebytes
2) in place up grade repair using a bootable windows 10 iso:
Download Windows 10
An in place upgrade repair will allow you to keep your files and applications.
You must be able to boot and open file explorer
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials
3) if you prefer to troubleshoot is may take substantially more time:
you could run windows performance recorder:
Windows performance recorder - Microsoft Community

 

Spriting is just some pixel work with images.