Windows 10: [HELP][SERIOUS] MY HDD IS BEING READ 100% of the time.

Hello fellow redditors.

I recently noticed a drop in the performance of my PC. Not that i play any Triple A titles on it, i noticed a significant drop in the fastness (idk if that's a word) of my PC. Heck, even Microsoft Edge Beta took a solid 30-45 secs to open up.

I decided to open task manager and was surprised to see that my Hard Disk was being used literally 100% of the time. idk what to do. i can confirm that i have no malware or virus on the PC as i have scanned it a couple of times. My PC is damn slow now. It wasn't like that a few days ago.

My Specs :

Intel i3 3220 at 3.3 GHz

4GB DDR3 RAM

500GB WD HDD

Intel DH61BF Motherboard

No GPU



This disk usage thing is done by windows as most of the time a program called "WINDOWS MODULE INSTALL WORKER" , "WINDOWS PROBLEM REPORTING SERVICE" or "SYSTEM" is using the disk.

I have attached screenshots of my disk usage and task manager. They're 4 screenshots in a Zip file.

Please Help.

Link to Zip File - https://fromsmash.com/DiskProblem

Virus Total of Zip File - Just in case y'all think this has a virus.

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HDD Read Write Stutter with click sound. Usage goes to 100% every stutter?

System:

• Processor : Intel® Core™ i5-4460 Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)
  
• Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3
  
• Operating System : Windows 10 Pro
  
• Harddisk: Seagate ST1000DM010-2EP102 1 TB 7200RPM
  

I HAVE REPLACED MY HDD WARRANTY 4 TIMES that the seller is thinking I am trying to intentionally break it.
My HDD sometimes produced "clicking" sound. Every time the sound comes up, this is what happened:

1. Every program (music player) or games (while loading) stopped.
   
2. The HDD Stopped Spinning and immediately start spinning again.
   
3. In Task Manager, HDD Usage went full 100% with write and read at 0 Kb/s.
   
4. It takes almost always the same amount of time every click to be responsive again.
   
5. Sometimes fixed by hot unplugging the power cable and replugging it to HDD
   

THIS HDD IS 3 DAYS OLD. I have just exchanged it for warranty 3 days ago and this symptoms is always happening to all every HDD I exchanged. When this happen, it keep stuttering and clicking until about an hour. This only happen on heavy load (game updating, software downloading).
Things I have tried:

1. I have tried this suggestion: Disk usage goes to 100%
   
2. Ran HD Tune Pro Trial to check for error block and 100% safe
   
3. CrystalDiskMark reads OK for every aspect. Power on hours is only 70 Hours.
   
4. Bought and put up Stabilizer and UPS Before putting this HDD
   
5. Install and update Motherboard's driver
   

I have ran out of clues. What should I do?

 

Slow HDD read and write speeds

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

We will require a few more information from you to help you further with the issue. Please reply with the following details:

• In which device are you facing this issue?
  
• Are you using an external HDD or internal HDD?
  
• Are you getting the read and write speed issue on any particular application?
  

However, you can Disk Defragment on your computer to optimize the drive. To run Disk Defragment please follow the steps from the article

Defragment your Windows 10 PC.

Alternatively, you can check for the read and write speed of the HDD in task manager. Please follow the steps mentioned below to check the read and write speed of the hard drive:

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc key together on the keyboard.
   
2. Click on Performance tab.
   
3. Click on Disk 0.
   
4. You will find the Read speed and
   Write speed at the bottom of the window.
   

Hope it helps.

Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

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