Windows 10: Laptop 100% disc usage on not even 10MB used

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  1. Emisys Win User

    Laptop 100% disc usage on not even 10MB used


    Hi guys, my laptop, both my old(i dont have that one anymore) and my new one, have disk usage around 100% for not even 10mb usage. I have no idea why this happens, I turned off Superfetch and Microsoft search index thingy... Steam was updating a game, said it uses 7.1MB disc space, then i go to task manager, shows about 14.8MB and full disc usage.
    Any idea how to adjust it? I adjusted my virtual memory to see if it will change anything, but so far no luck. My laptop is a Lenovo Y50, has 8GB RAM and runs games fine, but when I am installing or doing things to update my disc usage goes 100% with 10MB minimum...
    Edit: Here is a picture Imgur

    It seems very little MB takes up a 100% of the disc space, which I think is quite strange... Any help?

    :)
     
    Emisys, Oct 14, 2016
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  2. Disc usage 100% on boot up windows 10

    BIG PROBLEM! all my windows 10 devises show 100% disc usage on boot up!

    I thought out of interest I would check the usage in the i store models (which all run Windows 10) and they also show 100% disc usage! I have had 5 laptops all high spec all different brands! all of which have done the same and no matter who I ask, what
    I try nothing fixed.

    Anyone have any possible solutions?

    Would a SSD for the OS help resolve this issue?

    The 100% disc usage lasts for around 20 mins with no obvious culprit in task manager so what! On earth is going on! Is anyone else experiencing this! All of the store models are so surely someone has an answer PLEASE!
     
    PC-Pro-2016, Oct 14, 2016
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  3. Disc Usage at 100%

    In task manager on the process tab disk shows as 20% but when I go to the performance tab disk 0 (CLaptop 100% disc usage on not even 10MB used :DLaptop 100% disc usage on not even 10MB used ;) shows 100%.

    Everything on the PC is slow and unresponsive.

    I have looked up various suggestions such as dsiable windows search, disable superfetch, change settings for skype and Chrome, check for AHCI driver.

    None of them work.

    The problems has only just started following a couple of weeks trying to resolve problems related to Windows 10, 1709 creator update. Those problems seemed to relate to a conflict between windows defender firewall and Norton. That was eventually resolved
    by disabling Windows Defender totally.

    Any ideas please. This is driving me nuts.

    I have got 2 other PCs. One just updated to 1709 and I am waiting to see what happens with that. The other has now tried 7 or 8 times to install but I just get the message "a restart is required", I restart but it wastes a vast amount of time and reverts
    back to version 1703.
     
    Michael_209, Oct 14, 2016
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  4. dalchina New Member

    Laptop 100% disc usage on not even 10MB used

    Please post a screenshot (or clear photo) of your task manager with the processes using most resources at the top of the relevant column.

    Then try a clean boot and see if there's any change.

    Which AV are you using?
     
    dalchina, Oct 15, 2016
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  5. Emisys Win User
    I have ESET antivirus, there is a pic in the discription, there is no special item on top at times, aside from PluginCommunication but I end that when I see it. I am just wondering why only 10MB is up to 100%?
    You can click the picture in the link to enlarge it.
     
    Emisys, Oct 15, 2016
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  6. dalchina New Member
    Hi, I've come across this comment in an ESET forum - hope it means sthg to you
    - presumably it's about adding Chrome to some exclusion list in ESET

    E.g.
    Eset Chrome | Wilders Security Forums

    If you close Chrome, what happens to your disk usage?
    Conversely, if you disable ESET.

    (Preferred way to post pics is to use the icon to the left of the video icon - mouseover tooltip 'Insert Image')
     
    dalchina, Oct 15, 2016
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  7. Emisys Win User
    Nope still same problem. With or without Chrome the problem exists. I added Steam, Chrome and Skype to the exclusion of ESET, aside from it starting slightly faster, the disc usage overall is low. But 10MB+Shows already 100% usage. Shouldn't that be more like 8000MB?
     
    Emisys, Oct 15, 2016
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  8. dalchina New Member

    Laptop 100% disc usage on not even 10MB used

    Hi, could you explain this 10Mb you're concerned about? I'm looking at your task man screenshot and an unexpectedly high level of disk activity (usage). From your comment I assume that's solved. Is your idle disk usage now 0 or very near?
     
    dalchina, Oct 15, 2016
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  9. Emisys Win User
    It is near 0 now, yes.

    I do not understand how, when I have 8GBRAM installed, it already gets to 100% with only 10MB.
     
    Emisys, Oct 15, 2016
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  10. dalchina New Member
    ...with only 10Mb what? where? doing what? as viewed how? Again. could you please explain this cryptic statement.
    And a screenshot illustrating it would be great... thanks!
     
    dalchina, Oct 15, 2016
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  11. Emisys Win User
    Whenever something is spiking in the task manager's Disc Usage, it already gets to 100% when a program is using 10MB on the DIsc.
     
    Emisys, Oct 15, 2016
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  12. dalchina New Member
    Using 10Mb on the disk - means 10 million bytes are occupied on the disk platter.

    Do you mean 'When a process is reading or writing at 10Mbytes/second from or to disk, disk usage spikes to 100%'?

    If that's what this enigmatic 'using 10Mb on disk' actually means I'd suggest you rather need to look at what's running when these spikes occur. Or, by a process of elimination, identify the cause.

    How frequently does it happen?
    Please do a clean boot, wait 'long enough' to prove whether the disk spikes have stopped occurring.
     
    dalchina, Apr 4, 2018
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