Windows 10: Disk Usage Spikes to 100%

Hi, I have an ASUS Laptop here with the following specs:


Intel Optane 1TB HDD


Intel Core i5 8300H at 2.7Ghz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
8GB RAM
Windows 10 Home running Version 1909 OS Build 18363.592


I have reinstalled windows from a USB after backing up my files off the laptop and still have the same issues. Note: All the troubleshooting was done post reinstall


The disk usage spikes are seriously affecting the performance of the computer ranging from random stutters in the video output and keyboard response to full on applications freezing and crashing Applications like Task Manager and Windows Explorer. I have tried a clean boot with everything disabled in the services Except Microsoft processes and everything disabled on the start-up but since it is a clean install there is nothing installed that could be causing the problem other than windows itself and drivers for the hardware. I have installed all the updates available and tried to boot safe mode as well but still the same issue occured. Even before I can enter my password local user account I see the animation of the launch screen with the date and time being slow and unresponsive and once I get to enter my password the keystrokes are delayed. Suggestions would be much appreciated.


The disk usage with minimal to no load / processes:



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100% Disk usage spike on Windows 10

Recently I have experienced that when running most applications (especially gaming) my Laptop would have a disk usage spike to 99% or 100%. when I check the task manager there is no specific program using the disk, its just at 100% usually forcing me to
do a hard restart. baring in mind that when I run the programs the usually run smoothly and very randomly the disk usage spikes. this has only been happening since downloading windows 10. I have read many threads and applied many fixes such as disabling SuperFetch,
BIT service and windows update. I have also disable cloud based protection which seemed to work for some people but not for me, any other suggestions?

 

Disk usage spikes to 100 % when using browser.

I work as an IT service tech and I have ran into this problem as well. I have a HP Pro Book 440 G3. The laptop has a core i5 processor and 8 GB of RAM. I did all the suggested fixes from various forums such as these:

Windows 10 100% disk usage in Task Manager [SOLVED] - Driver Easy

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I did not have any luck fixing the problem. Just opening Edge or Google Chrome makes the disk usage spike up to 100% and it will stay there for a period of time. The 100% usage happens all the time after I login and then will die down for a while until I
launch an application. There are sometimes when opening an application will make the disk usage spike above 75% which seems odd because its only one application running. No rhyme or reason as to why this happens. Task manager or Resource Monitor does not show
any solid information as to why this keeps happening. Looking at other laptops with the same configuration the disk usage should not spike above or near 50%.

I also got a new hard drive and only did a fresh install of Windows 10 with all the latest updates. Still got the same behavior. This is certainly a Windows 10 issue as it has been documented though many forums using different manufactures of laptops (Dell,
HP, Asus, etc..)

Its a shame I have a relatively new laptop that I cannot deploy to users since I am cautious about the performance and having to troubleshoot this for an end user. I hope there will be more attention to this because it has been happening to people for years
now.

 

Windows 10 disk keeps spiking to 100%

Hi,

My disk keeps spiking to 100% since I upgraded to Windows 10. I upgraded in September and the problem started with little infrequent spikes where the disk would stay at 100% for a few seconds. However since September the problem has got progressively worse
and now the disk usage frequently reaches 100% and it stays at 100% for about 5 minutes.

I've tried various solutions on the internet to 100% disk but none of them have worked.