Windows 10: What is causing windows 10 to cause 100% disk activity and slow my laptop down?

Discus and support What is causing windows 10 to cause 100% disk activity and slow my laptop down? in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; On start up my laptop is very slow due to the disc being occupied 100%. I have windows 10. How can I stop this?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by anthonymurphy_965, Oct 14, 2018.

  1. ANTHONYMURPHY_965
    anthonymurphy_965 Win User

    What is causing windows 10 to cause 100% disk activity and slow my laptop down?


    On start up my laptop is very slow due to the disc being occupied 100%. I have windows 10. How can I stop this?

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    anthonymurphy_965, Oct 14, 2018
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  2. DEVARAJRATHINASAMY
    DevarajRathinasamy Win User

    Disk active time is 100% and slow startup in Windows 10 Home

    Disk active time is 100% after startup causing slow performance of system. This is happening on HP laptop installed with Windows 10 Home 64 bit Edition OS. Could anyone help?
     
    DevarajRathinasamy, Oct 14, 2018
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  3. GUPTA VARUN
    Gupta Varun Win User
    Windows 10 Cursor Hanging and 100% Disk Activity causing instability.

    I have Windows 10 running on my laptop. My laptop touch pad cursor seems to hang a lot while browsing. I am running latest synaptics touch-pad driver.

    Windows 10 upgraded via Technical Preview builds.

    I have also witnessed continuous 100% disk activity causing following issues:

    • Start and Search takes time to load.
    • Characters typed in search box takes time to appear.
    • System is too slow at startup. Note: I have checked startup apps. No unwanted apps are running in background.
    • Cursor hangs (mostly when browser is ON like IE or Edge or Firefox) for minutes, although clicks are working.
    • Sometimes apps crash at launch. E.g. code writer was working this morning, but later in noon after reboot, it is crashing continuously.
    • All apps list takes time to appear.
    • Log in screen takes time to load. It gets stuck at Ctrl + Alt + Delete, with no time and date below it.
    • Cannot set lockscreen wallpaper.

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    Gupta Varun, Oct 14, 2018
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  4. RONGREEN1
    RonGreen1 Win User

    What is causing windows 10 to cause 100% disk activity and slow my laptop down?

    onedrive on bootup causes 100% disk usage for 10 ~ 20 minutes

    onedrive on bootup causes 100% disk usage for 10 ~ 20 minutes

    Help..makes my laptop unusable

    please help
     
    RonGreen1, Oct 14, 2018
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