Windows 10: Disk Usage is 100%

I recently bought a new laptop with pre-installed genuine Windows 10 on it. Roughly 2 weeks.

So as the title states every single time I open task manager I can see that my hard disk is always at 100% usage and however it does fluctuate a little bit and at times does touch the 0% for a second or so but still most of the times it is consistent in it's position. It is at 100% even when my computer is completely idle, like when I start the computer and there are absolutely no programs or anything running and the only thing that I can see on my screen is my desktop and the task manager which shows 100% HDD usage,.

The list of things that I have on my laptop right now include:

1 TurboC++ compiler

2 Bluestacks with a bunch of android apps my school app where they share the online video lectures links and an app where I can view and download movies and TV shows for free

3 Google Chrome

4 Microsoft Office Web app

5 Whatsapp web app

6 Google duo webapp

7 zoom webapp

8 McAffee Antivirus this came pre-installed with the laptop

9 4k Video downloader for downloading my lectures from Youtube

And other ordinary Microsoft Productivity applications some came pre-installed some I later downloaded

I even have around 60 GB of Video Lectures downloaded and also it's worth mentioning that I actually noticed this hard disk usage going to 100% issue after I started downloading these video lectures in bulk however I didn't actually ever check my usage before I had started downloading the lects so I can't be sure that bulk downloading might have harmed my brand new laptop's 1TB HDD Please also take note that earlier I had tried to download these same Lects in bulk on my other old PC and after just 3GB of downloading the lects that Computer's HDD failed and I had to replace it.

I haven't, however faced any major issues with the laptop's performance, it does get slow at times, takes about 1 min to fully start and be usable after a shut down and the apps take quite a few seconds about 5seconds to load and when I am downloading my lects using the 4K video downloader if I force download more than 5 lectures simultaneously in the queue it tends to stop responding for about half a minute or so. Sometimes when I click on the windows search bar in the task bar it takes too long to load and for a few seconds it goes all black or white as it's unresponsive. This same happens when I am trying to start GoogleChrome too.


Please tell me I didn't do anything wrong by downloading the lectures because I really can't afford a new 1TB HDD right now. Hope someone reads this long msg and does reply to it!

:)

 

100% disk usage

The most common cause of 100% disk usage appears to be Superfetch and Prefetch, but there are also other causes. You can try disabling both these features and see if it helps.

This article provides steps to disable prefecth and superfetch:

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How to Fix 100% Disk Usage Error in Windows 10

 

100% disk usage and memory usage

Hi,

100% disk usage and memory usage can be caused by a software corruption, running application running on the background and malware or virus infection.

For us to properly isolate the issue and provide an appropriate resolution, kindly answer the questions below:

• Did the issue happen after installing the Fall Creators?
• Did you receive any error messages?
• Can you send us the screenshot of the Task Manager showing the 100% disk usage and memory usage?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

For isolation purposes, please perform a clean boot to see if the same issue will occur. Refer to this
article for more information on how to perform a clean boot
in Windows.

Looking forward to your response.

 

Disk usage constant 100%

Hi Here are some more things you can check for 100% disk usage after you try Eric's suggestions!

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How to fix 100% Disk, High CPU, High Memory usage in Windows 10