Windows 10: HELP! My SSD is being ate up

I recently installed A Samsung 970 Pro M.2. When I first did the clean install, Samsung Magician reported 0.4 TBW. Needless to say, I had to install the rest of my programs that I normally use to include anti-virus, after which Magician reported about a 1.2 TBW. I did install 1 game and Magician reported a 1.4 TBW. I normally use my computer every day but no writing to the SSD, just normal stuff like internet and reading and sometimes the game. I went from a 1.4 TBW last week to a 2.1 TBW being reported as of the writing of this question. That is a 0.7 TBW within a weeks time. I've looked at Task Manager and it seems as if the "System" as reported by task manager is constantly accessing the disk. I realize that an anti-virus program will be scanning and if you're on the internet, your anti-virus will be watching as well. So my question would be: why is the "System" accessing the drive? I understand the concept that if you "save" anything it will write to the drive, but there is no "saving". I guess you could call it "my busy light" is constantly showing the drive active yet, I will exit certain programs that I know will access the drive but this doesn't seem to help. I'm attaching a screenshot of "Disk Activity" as reported by Task Manager. It's rather obvious that Chrome would be reported as I am using Chrome and Snagit as I'm using it to take the screenshot, but why all are the others being reported when not in use? I would love to catch what's writing to the disk but have no knowledge as to how to do that. If anybody might have any suggestions as to how to do that I would greatly appreciate it. Basically what I'm saying is, the drive is being written to without any input by myself. I had a Samsung Evo, 1 TB, and I never, to my recollection, seen anything like this and the programs that I have on my computer at the present are the same as I had on the Evo. Perhaps there is no way to stop, or at least, get rid of some of these disks eaters but it would be nice to know why this is happening.

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2 x SSD Raid 0 - is this right?

Hey Fits

Can you list a few helpful hints for T ski ,maybe a step by step how to OR what to look out for*Cool

 

help to remote connect

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SSD Crucial Bx 100 - rattling/vibrating. Possible?

This has been suggested several times already, and it has been suggested you try to move the SSD, remove it, or even suspend it in your case. Will you please try one of these?

If you don't understand vibration and resonance, please refer to @dorsetknob 's post above. *Smile It has been explained that something else moving/vibrating (even if you don't think they're vibrating they are...), fans, hard disk drives, and anything with a motor will cause some form of vibration at certain frequencies. This can be transfered through your case's chassis and where you mounted your SSD could be reaching a certain frequency that causes it to slightly move and rattle against the case.

We are suggesting you take action and report back..you keep asking questions from step 1...we should be on step 4 by now...that is solution.

Try what has been suggested and report back please. Otherwise all you're doing is leading this thread in an endless circle and the help will stop shortly thereafter.

*Toast :toast: