Windows 10: DiskDiagnosticDataCollector

What does DiskDiagnosticDataCollector contribute to the O/S. Is it non-destructive to O/S if removed or disabled. IF this app not Microsoft spy why is it hidden under Task scheduler>Microsoft>Windows>DiskDiagnosticDataCollector. NO scripted answers.

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winsat still runs even tho it is disabled

possible fix im testing now

Open Task Scheduler. Under Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft delete the following items:

• Everything under “Application Experience”
• Everything under “Autochk”
• Everything under “Customer Experience Improvement Program”
• Under “Disk Diagnostic” delete only the “Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector”
• Under “Maintenance” “WinSAT”
• “Media Center” and click the “status” column, then select all non-disabled entries and disable them.

 

CMD prompt pops up every 30 mins, forces ALT TAB. [ITS SYS32, REGEDIT.exe?!

I suspect there are quite a few more tasks with a recent time stamp. Here is my own list from April 2019:

26.04.2019 20:49 3'638 CreateExplorerShellUnelevatedTask

19.04.2019 18:25 2'882 .NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319 64 Critical

19.04.2019 18:25 2'876 .NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319 Critical

17.04.2019 16:44 3'094 Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector

26.04.2019 22:26 4'212 RefreshCache

26.04.2019 10:10 5'156 SmartRetry

26.04.2019 20:13 4'282 Registration

26.04.2019 23:26 4'680 SvcRestartTask

26.04.2019 16:23 3'356 Backup Scan

01.04.2019 10:43 2'420 Maintenance Install

19.04.2019 18:24 2'616 Reboot

26.04.2019 22:26 5'872 Schedule Scan

19.04.2019 07:50 4'308 PerformRemediation

24.04.2019 09:41 3'814 Windows Defender Cache Maintenance

24.04.2019 09:41 3'768 Windows Defender Cleanup

24.04.2019 09:41 3'784 Windows Defender Scheduled Scan

24.04.2019 09:41 3'798 Windows Defender Verification

17.04.2019 22:40 5'532 QueueReporting

20.04.2019 18:37 3'200 AutomaticBackup

20.04.2019 18:37 3'790 Windows Backup Monitor

26.04.2019 18:13 5'208 Scheduled Start

 

100% Disk Usage on one of two SSD's, Windows is slow at opening programs/running

Hey Sakiskid,

Hopefully this information is more useful than my last response:

Temp fix via Command prompt:

right click start button

choose command prompt (admin)

type wpr-cancel and press enter

or

Temp fix via services:

Task Manager> Services> Find DiagTrack > right click and **STOP**

both of these require you to re enter the fix after a restart. It will survive a normal shutdown/restart

Permanent fix:

right click start button

choose command prompt (admin)

type sc stop DiagTrack and press enter

type sc delete DiagTrack and press enter

Then open Task Scheduler; under Task Scheduler Library -> Microsoft delete the following items:

Everything under “Application Experience”

Everything under “Autochk”

Everything under “Customer Experience Improvement Program”

Under “Disk Diagnostic” delete only the “Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector”

Of course this caveat ALWAYS applies: Make proper backups before applying.

this fix won't fix all cases of 100% disc usage, just the recent one