Windows 10: Task manager says that my disk usage is 100%

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Task manager showing disk usage 100%

100% disk usage can have many causes.

What are the top 5 processes listed in the task manager using the disk?

 

Windows 10 - Task Manager Says Disk Is At 100% Usage

OS: Windows 10 (Pre-Installed)

RAM: 8GB

Storage: 500GB free

Processor: i5

Disk Type: Hard Drive

I have had Windows 10 for over a year now and it has been fine (a part from corruption about 6 months ago).

However, yesterday, I got an update for Windows 10 as well as uninstalling an old driver and installing a new one for a graphics tablet I just got. Today, I noticed games running slower than usual and freezing sometimes.

Task Manager and Resource Manager both say my disk is at 100% usage:





I'm not sure if this is related to the drivers or update. I tried reverting to the previous Windows 10 update, as well as uninstalling the driver, but nothing changed.

I have tried many suggestions from the web such as:

• Disabling Superfetch, Windows Search, BITS
  
• Editing the AHCI in the registry
  

None of them worked.

I am doing an anti-virus scan currently.

Any ideas what I could do?

EDIT:

Many people have been pointing out that McAfee is taking up a lot of the disk usage. This is because I was running a scan during the screenshot. Without McAfee scanning, it is still at 100% disk usage overall, but McAfee is not up there.

Not sure if this changes anything.

EDIT 2:

Found a fix.

See my answer, below.

 

my laptop always shows task manager disk usage 100%.

my laptop always shows task manager disk usage 100%. I am using windows 10 and I already tried your suggestion but till my problem not solve.