Windows 10: Critical_Process_Died for Windows 10/Disk at 100% on start up

Hi,

I upgraded my computer to Windows 10 from 8.1. After around a week of using Windows 10, each time I turned on my computer, I get a blue screen saying that the computer will restart. Like in the following picture.




Once it restarts, I can a log in and everything is fine. Except for one thing. When I open task manager, it says that my disk is filled at 100%, and the main program that is causing this is called "system".





I tried to increase the virtual memory, as seen in the next picture (I have 8GB of RAM by the way)





But that still does not seem to work. I downloaded seatools and it says that it is not a disk failure.
Is there a possible correlation between the Critical_Process_Died startup page and the 100% disk usage?




:)

 

Disk usage at 100% on start up

Hello,

So I have a reasonably nice gaming setup, with specs listed here:

AMD FX-6300 six-core processor 3.5 GHz

AMD Radeon r7 370 4Gb GDDR5graphics card

Windows 10 Home (version 1709)

8Gb ram

1Tb hard drive

NO SSD

The whole system is 2-3 years old and the problem that I have been facing lately is my disk usage spikes randomly. I used to be able to run PUBG on steam without much problem until mid October when my game would crash every time I try to load into a game.
I'm also having issues with my GPU being between 85-100% when in game, but I don't think that's unnatural for a game like PUBG that's so poorly optimized. Occasionally I can get into a game where my player will already be on the ground, but everything is lagging.
It takes 6 minutes of just sitting there before I can actually start doing stuff in the map with some control. It will continue to lag (like 6-15 FPS type of lag) for the rest of the game. And when I'm not playing games, my disk may fluctuate between 0-100%
with all the usage being through random services, Sysytem (ntoskml or NT Kernel and System), or any other random program. I've tried so many different things between full scan of my hard drive (took a whole night), de-fragmenting my hard drive (which was already
0% fragmented), checked the game files, uninstall/ reinstall of both just the game and all of steam, tinkered in my registry using regedit, fixing that weird skype/internet bug, updates all drivers, checked my hardware to make sure everything was seated properly
and connected, purchases TotalAV premium to check for viruses and trojans (nothing was found), used CCleaner, I've disabled different processes and applications like windows defender, Superfetch, and other "services," and I've changed different settings around,
including power settings from balanced to performance. Nothing has worked, yet. I feel like the only thing I haven't tried is to put in a new graphics card and see if my GPU is on it's way out. I have managed to stop the random disk fluctuating outside of
gaming, but still have GPU maxing out and disk maxing out in game, constantly. I can't even play CS:GO without problems.

I'm not really planning on throwing out the money to get a new GPU at the moment, so any recommendations would be appreciated. Any other questions for me, just reply.

 

Disk usage at 100% on start up

Hi there,

Can you consider a clean install of Windows 10?

That will hopefully solve your problem.

Check out this link for more info on Clean install => How to: Perform a Clean Install or Reinstall of Windows 10

 

Hi sthorul,

I'm very sorry for the delay, there aren't many people in this section.
Are you still requiring help?
If so, please read BSOD Posting Instructions and upload the zip file.

Please fill in your system specsPlease go to this site and download the tool. The tool will give you detailed information about your system specs, please fill in your system specs more completely.How to fill in your system specs:
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How long does the blue screen stay on?

 

If you mean how long it takes until your system restarts, it should restart automatically once the information is gathered (this is default)