Windows 10: 100% Disk Usage, tried some methods found online.

Hi! Basically my laptop running on windows 10 is experiencing 100% disk usage at idle.
I have tried to use resource monitor to find the culprit. Heres what it shows:




Basically it shows that System is causing high disk usage. However at times, resource monitor also showed that svchost.exe is causing high disk usage.

I have tried stopping the DiagTrack service in the services.msc, it did improve the performance of the computer as the computer was less laggy. However, disk usage still remains high at 100% with occasional decrease to 90%.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve this problem? I have searched on forums online for solutions to this problem however none of it seems to be working.

Thanks for ya help!

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Disk Usage 100% in Performance tab, but not Processes?

Hello all!

So recently I've been having trouble with my Windows 10 desktop's disk usage constantly being at 100%. I did some methods that I found online and somewhat solved my problem according to the PROCESSES tab on my task manager. However, in the PERFORMANCE tab,
my Disk 0 (C still says 100% even though it's significantly lower on my PROCESSES tab. Anyone know what this means?

Thanks for the help!

- Riley

 

100% disk usage bug - tried everything online - FIX DATE please ???!!

OS: Windows 10

Issue: 100% disk usage bringing down my whole system perfomance

Workaround: NONE are working ( tried more than 40 suggestions including Microsoft one)

Requirement:

• A working workaround
• FIX date ( ETA )

 

Hi please work thru the steps here, checking your disk is good, running chkdsk, performing the performance test, etc. and posting the result.
Disk Usage 100% Even After All Recommended Fixes - Windows 10 Forums

As I've commented there, the transfer rate is too low for that to correctly be a high %ge of disk usage.

The links right at the end after you've dealt with basics look interesting.

I note searchui.exe (that's Cortana, not Windows indexing search) is using a lot of resources.
Searchindexer.exe is part of Windows indexing, however. If it is having difficulty accessing your disk, that might account for that.

Note:
To post a screenshot (that expands when you click on it as in that thread) please use the Insert Image icon above your post to the left of the video icon. Thanks.

History: how long ago was your disk performance ok?
Have you recently upgraded to Win 10 or a new build of Win 10?

What sort of disk is it? SSD? HDD? SSHD?

 

Hi! I've realised that windows update was downloading several updates during the time when my post was created, which may have caused the high disk usage. Right now, windows updates have stopped downloading updates and my disk usage has gone down from 100%. (Using the method of stopping DiagTrack in services.msc)

Sorry for the trouble! Thanks for your help still and the links at the end are pretty useful!

*I will definitely take note on posting a screenshot on the forums in the future. *Biggrin

 

Thanks, I would nonetheless check your disk transfer rate. 100% at 10MB/s or less is wrong. Should be much better.

Note my comments on your two search*.exe processes... and check those again.

Normally you should not expect Windows update downloads to be terribly noticeable and still be able to use your system.

(I have mine set to Notify only, so I only let them download when I approve them - seems to be a Pro upwards only option).

 

Hmm.. Just found out that at times the disk usage does spike up to 100% at 10mb/s or less when loading webpages or installing new software. Any ideas on what can I do?

Thanks!

 

Have you done that (my post#2)? There are some interesting links I posted at the end.
Please post screenshots as you work through it. Variety of possible reasons.

 

Hi! I will do a disk check and get back to you. I've downloaded Hard Disk Sentinel, but it didnt show any errors.

Thanks!
Here are links to some pictures of Hard Disk Sentinel which may be useful:

 

good- keep going e.g. #2 in that thread..

 

Hi! Done a disk check, here's the result:




I forgot the first step in #2 of that thread, will do so now and post back my results.
Thanks!

 

Ok, bear in mind that assuming your disk is physically ok, as it seems to be, these are just basic preliminaries.

Once you've done a clean boot, monitor the task manager and again see if you can get the disk usage to spike at low transfer rates, and post a screenshot of the task man.

Then you can check your disk's performance with Crystal Diskmark. Here's mine:

 

Hi! I have done the clean boot. Heres my result before the clean boot, I've realised that the spike to 100% occurs when loading a webpage on chrome:

When Idle:




When Chrome is loading a webpage:





Doing a clean boot, task manager seems to be showing the same thing. However, Superfetch service host will occasionally cause the disk usage to spike to nearly 100% (Heres a bad picture of it as i couldnt get gyazo to work when internet is disabled, Sorry!):





I will download Crystal Diskmark and post my results later on.

Thanks!

 

Hi! Heres another update regarding Crystal Diskmark. After downloading and running it, here are my results:




As usual as Crystal Diskmark is running, disk usage shot up to 100%:





Thanks!

 

Ok that's the basics out of the way- nothing exceptional I think.
As you know, there are plenty of references to this kind of restricted disk throughput on the net.
Comparison: copying a file from my HD back to it..




History- do you have any idea as to when this symptom first became apparent?

Have a look at these (from previous thread)
On threads on this topic I read this suggestion:
" I resolved it by changing the power plan from 'Balanced' to 'High performance'. Instant results."

Discussion:
100% disc usage at 10 MB/s... what is causing this? I'm not going to have to do a full reinstall again am I?... : techsupport

See (6) here:
7 Tips to Fix 100% Disk Usage Improve Windows Performance