Windows 10: PC Disk running at 100%, where to start for fix

About a month ago I returned home and tried to run my PC only to find that the SSD was running at 100% usage. I'm sure any readers are familiar with this symptom and have a possible answer but it goes deeper, so I'm going to list as many things I've tried as I can remember. I've tried Factory resetting, for some reason it's nearly impossible, even when I did successfully reset on a alternate hard drive with an older save of my PC it stopped for a bit then was showing the same symptoms on that hard drive as well. I don't have a usable system image to try and revert to aside from one I made on t

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Disk Usage at 100% with nothing running

My PC is running Windows 10 with the latest updates but has suddenly become unusable with disk usage staying at 100% even with nothing running and just the same processes listed in Task Manager as before the problems
started. I've tried a few suggestions found in online forums - disabling Windows Search and Superfetch, adjusting page file size, etc. but nothing has done the trick yet. I don't have any outside anti-virus software installed. I read about the potential MSI
issue but don't have IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers listed in the Device Manager. Finally, it seems to boot up normally and will have periods where the disk usage drops and it's usable but those moments are brief and it inevitably goes back up to 100% usage.

 

Disk Running at 100% Even after I started up a CLEAN BOOT

Hello,

See if this fix helps you:

[FIX] Windows 10 100 Percent Disk Usage Problem

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windows 10 disk 100% cant fix (digital memory)

Hi Emils,

I appreciate the troubleshooting steps you have tried to resolve the issue. I suggest you to refer the suggestions by
Digital Mooney and check if that helps.

How to fix 100% disk usage in Windows 10

Do keep us updated about the issue. Thank you.