Windows 10: Laptop constantly writing to disk

Alienware 17 running Windows 10 Home. Works fine, but the thing is CONSTANTLY writing to the disk. I know this is way too imprecise to give me a definitive answer, but I fired up the resource monitor and the "system NT Kernel and System" process writes to dozens of files constantly...

It's been on for over 4 hours and it's STILL writing constantly. Almost no reading...

I have NOTHING running other than the stuff that starts with Windows, and VERY little of that since the Startup section of the task manager has pretty much every disabled. I even turned OFF wi-fi so it COULDN'T do anything stupid over the metered connection and it STILL sat there writing constantly

I can't imagine that this is normal and I"m wondering how to figure out what to do next. Ideas?

:)

 

Everything I do triggers 100% usage on drive C and my system crawls to a halt.

Facing the same problem since I upgraded as well: disk usage at 100% and system lagging.

Svchost.exe seems to be writing on the disk constantly into the file DSTokenDB2.dat. Full path: C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\DataSharing\Storage\DSTokenDB2.dat

 

win 10 boot partition

hi,

my laptop came with win 10 installed on a 32gb ssd which is constantly going out of disk space. this is the c: drive of the laptop.

i bought an internal 500gb disk and split it in two partitions, e: and f:, both 250gb.

i then used a disk clone software to clone c: to f: and succeeded.

how do i make the laptop boot from f: instead of c: ?

thanks,

jari

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Gracie,

Can you identify which files it is writing to? It may help us narrow down the problem, if there is one.

 

Just a guess but maybe it's indexing. Have you made and major data additions/changes recently? You could always just suspend indexing and see if that quiets things down. It also might be your antivirus scanning while your machine isn't being used. Some AVs let you put them into silent mode that temporarily suspends any background scanning. You could try that.

 

Hi, please post a screenshot or shots of your task manager organising any columns of interest high to low by clicking on the relevant tab.
Use the icon to the left of the video icon above your post.

Have you at any time altered the page file settings?

Please also download and run Hard Disk Sentinel (trial) and post a screenshot of that for any disks of interest. (Or similar if your disk configuration is unsuitable for that). Thanks.

Noted you have a RAID configuration. Are there any issues with that?

It sounds as if you may have a lot of images. Have you configured Photos, Albums? Or music albums with Groove? Sometimes these cause problems.

(Search Indexing if working properly should back off as soon as you start using your PC, so unlikely).

 

Well, I've been using the laptop since I wrote the original post. And it's continued churning its brains out for the entire time. Slowing down image processing and generally being a pain in my *ss.

I have NOT made any significant changes, not even any MINOR changes in a while - OTHER than MS shoving that $%^YU*&^% update onto the laptop a couple weeks ago. I suspect its been crap ever since.....

No music albums. No Groove. No Skype. No Google Chrome.

CURRENTLY, the thing is beating its brains out on edb.log and its neighbors. As near as I can tell, edb is supposed to have something to do with indexing, which I SHOULDN'T even be doing as far as I know.

I have windows search turned off. I have DISABLED the Windows Search service. I have checked the indexing and UNCHECKED EVERYTHING. As far as I know, NOTHING should be getting indexed.

I'm not sure where the RAID came up - this is a laptop. Normal, ordinary, boring Alienware laptop. Has a 256GB SSD for the primary drive and a 1TB HDD for image data.

Images are NOT indexed for Photos or any other application except Lightroom. That's where they're managed.

I"ve never changed the page file. The only virtual memory there, is 2432MB that's system managed on the C drive, and has been since day 1.

I"ve got a snip of the resource manager, so here it is:
Attachment 132830

Worst case, I'll do what I had to do to the OTHER laptop after the "creator" updated - blow the whole thing away and start over installing Windows. Which will greatly p*ss me off, but I have to have this thing working 'cause it has actual WORK to do...

I can try downloading Hard Disk Sentinel when I get home and see if it says anything useful.

Still hoping somebody has an idea 'cause I do NOT want to have to rebuild thing thing...

 

Hi- RAID is in your system specs. Your last post is the first mention of a laptop....

Unfortunately your attachment isn't valid for some reason.

Please post your task manager screenshot or shots organising the relevant column high to low by clicking on the column tab like this when your PC should be nominally idle, using the icon to the left of the video icon above your post text, tooltip 'Insert Image'

Being able to see what's running is a major starting point for suggestions.





Then please try a clean boot, and again post a task manager screenshot or shots.

I'll look forward to the Hard Disk Sentinel report (despite its name it does report on SSDs)

There should be no need to turn Windows search indexing off on a properly functioning system - doing that is an XP or so legacy and should only be needed if diagnosing some particular problem.

 

OK, I put in the second system - the laptop.





This is right after a clean boot. This is what it looks like 20 seconds after booting. And it'll just sit there and churn indefinitely.

Here's the resource monitor





Just sitting there writing to edb.log

Here's what Hard Disk Sentinel says, though it doesn't appear to know what the SSD is...


-- General Information --

Application Information
-------------------------
Installed Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hard Disk Sentinel 5.01 PRO
Registered To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unregistered version, please register.
Current Date And Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 5/1/2017 11:57:08 AM
Health Calculation Method . . . . . . . . . . . : Analyse data field (default)

Computer Information
----------------------
Computer Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : xxxxxx
User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : xxxxxx
Computer Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mobile
IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 9C-B6-D0-0A-4F-CF
System Uptime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 days, 0 hours, 36 minutes, 2 seconds
System Idle Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds
System Up Since . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 5/1/2017 11:21:06 AM
CPU Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CPU #1: 12 %, CPU #2: 3 %, CPU #3: 24 %, CPU #4: 3 %, CPU #5: 15 %, CPU #6: 12 %, CPU #7: 12 %, CPU #8: 0 %
Virtual Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 18715 MB, Used: 2489 MB (13 %)

System Information
--------------------
Windows Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Windows 10 Home
CPU Type & Speed #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2592 MHz
CPU Type & Speed #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2592 MHz
CPU Type & Speed #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2592 MHz
CPU Type & Speed #4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2592 MHz
CPU Type & Speed #5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2592 MHz
CPU Type & Speed #6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2592 MHz
CPU Type & Speed #7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2592 MHz
CPU Type & Speed #8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2592 MHz
BIOS Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : AMI
Physical Memory Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16283 MB, Used: 2403 MB (15 %)
Display Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Display Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1920 x 1080 (32 bit)
Printer #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Brother HL-L2320D series
Printer #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Print to PDF
Printer #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Network Controller #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Killer Wireless-n/a/ac 1535 Wireless Network Adapter
Network Controller #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Killer e2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Optical Drive

PCI Device Information
------------------------
PCI Bus 0; Device 1; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Xeon(R) E3 - 1200/1500 v5/6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) PCIe Controller (x16) - 1901
PCI Bus 0; Device 2; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
PCI Bus 0; Device 4; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Processor Participant
PCI Bus 0; Device 20; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : %1 USB %2 eXtensible Host Controller - %3 (Microsoft);(Intel(R),3.0,1.0)
PCI Bus 0; Device 22; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Management Engine Interface
PCI Bus 0; Device 23; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel Chipset SATA RAID Controller
PCI Bus 0; Device 28; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 - A110
PCI Bus 0; Device 28; Function 4 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 - A114
PCI Bus 0; Device 28; Function 5 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #6 - A115
PCI Bus 0; Device 28; Function 6 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #7 - A116
PCI Bus 0; Device 31; Function 3 . . . . . . . . : High Definition Audio Controller
PCI Bus 0; Device 31; Function 4 . . . . . . . . : Synaptics SMBus Driver
PCI Bus 1; Device 0; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
PCI Bus 59; Device 0; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Killer e2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
PCI Bus 60; Device 0; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Killer Wireless-n/a/ac 1535 Wireless Network Adapter
PCI Bus 61; Device 0; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIE CardReader



-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #0: ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD --

Hard Disk Summary
-------------------
Hard Disk Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA Gen3, 6 Gbps
Disk Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel Chipset SATA RAID Controller (RAID) [VEN: 8086, DEV: 282A] Version: 14.6.1.1030, 8-18-2015
Disk Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Bus Number 1, Target Id 0, LUN 0
Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD
Firmware Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2BD10001
Hard Disk Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . : S37RJ90GC03983
Total Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 953867 MB
Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Active
Logical Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : xxxxxx
Current Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 26 °C
Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 119 days, 14 hours
Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1000 days
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)

The hard disk status is PERFECT. Problematic or weak sectors were not found and there are no spin up or data transfer errors.
No actions needed.

ATA Information
-----------------
Hard Disk Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1938021
Hard Disk Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
Hard Disk Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 63
ATA Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ATA8-ACS version 6
Transport Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : SATA Rev 2.6
Total Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 244190646
Bytes Per Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4096 [Advanced Format]
Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32767 KB
Multiple Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
Error Correction Bytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
Unformatted Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 953870 MB
Maximum PIO Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
Maximum Multiword DMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : 2
Highest Possible Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps)
Negotiated Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps)
Minimum Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . . . : 120 ns
Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . : 120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY . . . . : 120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY . . . . . . : 120 ns
ATA Control Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
ATA Checksum Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid

Acoustic Management Configuration
-----------------------------------
Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Disabled
Current Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Default (00h)
Recommended Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . : Max performance and volume (FEh)

ATA Features
--------------
Read Ahead Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Ultra DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
S.M.A.R.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Host Protected Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
Advanced Power Management Level . . . . . . . . : Minimum power consumption without standby (128)
Extended Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Power Up In Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
48-Bit LBA Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Device Configuration Overlay . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
IORDY Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Read/Write DMA Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NOP Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Trusted Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
64-Bit World Wide ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0050F24C5811A829
Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Media Card Pass Through . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
General Purpose Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Error Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
CFA Feature Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
CFast Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Long Physical Sectors (8) . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Long Logical Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Write-Read-Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Power Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Free-fall Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Free-fall Control Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Nominal Media Rotation Rate . . . . . . . . . . : 7200 RPM

SSD Features
--------------
Data Set Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
TRIM Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Deterministic Read After TRIM . . . . . . . . . : Not supported

S.M.A.R.T. Details
--------------------
Off-line Data Collection Status . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Self Test Execution Status . . . . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection : 10020 seconds
Execute Off-line Immediate . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Abort/restart Off-line By Host . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Off-line Read Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Short Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Extended Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Conveyance Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Selective Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode . . . . : Supported
Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave . . . . . . . : Supported
Error Logging Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Short Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . . . : 2 minutes
Extended Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . : 167 minutes
Last Short Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Last Short Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Last Extended Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Last Extended Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started

Security Mode
---------------
Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 160 minutes
Security Enhanced Erase Feature . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Enhanced Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . : 160 minutes
Security Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Locked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Frozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Security Counter Expired . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : High

Serial ATA Features
---------------------
S-ATA Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps) . . . . . . . : Supported
S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps) . . . . . . . . : Supported
S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps) . . . . . . . : Supported
Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host . : Supported
PHY Event Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS . . . . : Not supported
DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
Device Initiating Interface Power Management . . : Supported, Enabled
In-Order Data Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Asynchronous Notification . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Software Settings Preservation . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Queue Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32

S.M.A.R.T.
------------
No. Attribute Thre.. Value Worst Data Status Flags
1 Raw Read Error Rate 51 100 100 000000000000 OK Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Performance, Statistica..
2 Throughput Performance 0 252 252 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Performance, Statistical
3 Spin Up Time 25 90 90 000000000CCD OK Self Preserving, Statistical, Critical
4 Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 0000000001F2 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
5 Reallocated Sectors Co.. 10 252 252 000000000000 OK Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical
7 Seek Error Rate 51 252 252 000000000000 OK Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Performance, Statistical
8 Seek Time Performance 15 252 252 000000000000 OK Self Preserving, Performance
9 Power On Time Count 0 100 100 000000000B36 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
10 Spin Retry Count 51 252 252 000000000000 OK Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
11 Drive Calibration Retr.. 0 100 100 000000000003 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
12 Drive Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 0000000001EC OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
13 Soft Read Error Rate 0 100 100 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Error-Rate, Statistical
181 Vendor-specific 0 100 100 00000001332D OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Statistical
191 G-Sense Error Rate 0 100 100 000000000003 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Statistical
192 Power off Retract Cycl.. 0 100 100 00000000000A OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Statistical
193 Load/Unload Cycle Count 0 98 98 0000000058F4 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
194 Disk Temperature 0 64 49 0038000A001A OK (Always passing) Statistical
195 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 100 100 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Error-Rate, Statistical
196 Reallocation Event Count 0 252 252 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
197 Current Pending Sector.. 0 252 252 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
198 Off-Line Uncorrectable.. 0 252 252 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count
199 Ultra ATA CRC Error Co.. 0 200 200 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Performance, Statistical
200 Write Error Rate 0 100 100 000000000002 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Statistical
240 Head Flying Hours 0 100 100 0000000009DB OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
241 Total LBA Written 0 98 94 00000035B9A7 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
242 Total LBA Read 0 94 91 0000008E52DC OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
254 Free Fall Event Count 0 100 100 000000000004 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical

Transfer Rate Information
---------------------------
Total Data Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3 MB, 3 MB since installation (5/1/2017)
Total Data Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 MB, 0 MB since installation
Average Reads Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3.00 MB
Average Writes Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.00 MB
Current Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
Maximum Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2900 KB/s
Current Read Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
Current Write Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
Current Disk Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 %



-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #1: NVMe PM951 NVMe SAMSU --

Hard Disk Summary
-------------------
Hard Disk Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : NVMe
Disk Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel Chipset SATA RAID Controller (RAID) [VEN: 8086, DEV: 282A] Version: 14.6.1.1030, 8-18-2015
Disk Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Bus Number 7, Target Id 0, LUN 0
Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : NVMe PM951 NVMe SAMSU
Firmware Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : BXV7
Hard Disk Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . : _ S2_9NNX_AH10.
Total Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 244191 MB
Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Active
Logical Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : C: [OS] H: [Cache] L: [LR Catalogs]
Current Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1 °C
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? (Unknown)
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)

Properties
------------
NVMe Standard Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1.0
PCI Vendor ID (VID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0x0000
PCI Subsystem Vendor ID (SSVID) . . . . . . . . : 0x0000
IEEE OUI Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00
Recommended Arbitration Burst (RAB) . . . . . . : 0
Multi-Interface Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Maximum Data Transfer Size . . . . . . . . . . . : 1 (0)
Abort Command Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1
Asynchronous Event Request Limit . . . . . . . . : 1
Number FW Slots Support . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Maximum Error Log Page Entries . . . . . . . . . : 1
Total Number Of Power States . . . . . . . . . . : 1
Admin Vendor Specific CMD Format . . . . . . . . : 0
Submission Queue Entry Size . . . . . . . . . . : Max: 1, Min: 1
Completion Queue Entry Size . . . . . . . . . . : Max: 1, Min: 1
Number Of Namespaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Stripe Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Current PCIe Link Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Negotiated PCIe Link Speed . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Maximum Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0

NVMe Features
---------------
Namespace Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Firmware Activate Download . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Format NVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Security Send Receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Firmware Activation Without Reset . . . . . . . : Not supported
First Firmware Slot Read Only . . . . . . . . . : No
Command Effects Log Page . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
SMART Information Per Namespace . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Reservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Save / Select Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Write Zeroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Dataset Management Command . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Write Uncorrectable Command . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Compare Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Compare And Write Fused Operation . . . . . . . : Not supported
Cryptographic Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Secure Erase All Namespaces . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Format All Namespaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Volatile Write Cache Present . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Autonomous Power State Transitions . . . . . . . : Not supported
Atomic Compare And Write Unit . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Scatter Gather List (SGL) . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported

S.M.A.R.T.
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Attribute Threshold Value
Temperature 1

Transfer Rate Information
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Total Data Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1,283 MB, 1,283 MB since installation (5/1/2017)
Total Data Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2,661 MB, 2,661 MB since installation
Average Reads Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1,283.00 MB
Average Writes Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2,661.00 MB
Current Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6868 KB/s
Maximum Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 171293 KB/s
Current Read Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
Current Write Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6868 KB/s
Current Disk Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 90 %



I don't see anything interesting, but that doesn't mean there's not something obvious...

Hopefully, all this will help y'all tell me what to do to fix this... Thanks.

 

It seems, like Windows downloading updates, most likely Creators update.
Better to update manually though, since the metered connection holds it down.

Update to Latest Version of Windows 10 using Update Assistant - Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials

 

.. but no network activity? So it can't be a download... GracieAllen - can you confirm nothing is being downloaded given the task man screenshot was just after logging in?

 

It desperately tries to work, but it fails. Unless OP does not want CU, there is no reason to postpone it.

 

Oh - you think it keeps restarting the download...

Would there be anything in Update History in that case, to confirm that?

 

Fortunately, at home the connection isn't metered. Only when I'm traveling and using a MiFi on Verizon......

I suspect y'all were right about what was happening 'cause yesterday afternoon, not too long after posting all that stuff, the laptop had some kind of seizure and decided it just ABSOLUTELY, RIGHT NOW, had to install the Creators update AGAIN..... I have no idea why, or what it was thinking, but I told it to go ahead, the thing sat and churned for a couple hours, downloading and doing whatever, and finally belched, rubbed it's tummy, and rebooted......

As NEAR AS I CAN TELL, the dozens of edb.log (sp?) files are gone, and after a couple disk cleanups, the remnants of windows update and postvista?? are gone, AND it appears NOT to be constantly churning...

To my non-expert eye, there still seems to be a lot of reading and writing going on, even though the laptop is just sitting there with nothing obvious and actively running except the task manager and resource monitor, but mayhap that's just what laptops do. The desktop doesn't seem to have nearly as much disk activity going on when it's sitting quietly, but at least the cpu isn't 15-18% busy and the disk isn't 50-60% busy continuously...

Previous Creators update failed? Almost failed? I did something stupid? Cosmic Rays? Poltergeist?

Anyhow, thanks, another crisis resolved (hopefully)!

 

Hi, so it seems what you were seeing was the consequence of travelling....? So... a workaround would be not to travel or not to take it with you and use it without an unlimited connection... *Biggrin

Ok, good.. though I'm not impressed with what you've seen from a design point of view. (I have Win 10 Pro, and have feature updates deferred = I'm not getting the CU for a while).

Also I have updates set to notify only (Winaero's free tweaker - with full explanations) and that should also prevent such behaviour (hint).




Laptops? Here's mine when idle. I'd like to understand why that top process uses CPU time. I've not really investigated - only tried a couple of simple things.

Background resource usage when idle should depend on what start-ups you have, ideally.

Cosmic Rays - I posted an article I found in the VIP lounge some weeks back... not seen a thread on poltergeists- yet- or maybe it's been moved.