Windows 10: Why is my search service taking up 100% disk usage after disabling it and disabling indexing?

Discus and support Why is my search service taking up 100% disk usage after disabling it and disabling indexing? in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I have had issues with 100% disk usage on my hdd in the past however I'd resolved it by disabling search service through the services.msc application.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Eisa Khan, Aug 21, 2024.

  1. EISA KHAN
    Eisa Khan Win User

    Why is my search service taking up 100% disk usage after disabling it and disabling indexing?


    I have had issues with 100% disk usage on my hdd in the past however I'd resolved it by disabling search service through the services.msc application. And all was smooth for my 9 year old laptop. However I was noticing that my disk usage was spiking again out of nowhere even though my search service was stopped and so was indexing. I cant find any fixes online for this because they all come up with how to disable the search service even though I already have and what I want to know is why it is still making my disk usage 100%Any help would be appreciated!

    :)
     
    Eisa Khan, Aug 21, 2024
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  2. LUCASPARSONS
    LucasParsons Win User

    100% disk usage.

    Summer has ended and my girlfriend booted her school laptop for the first time in months, only for it to be so unbearably slow that it took several minutes to log in. She handed it to me and said "fix it"... that was 3 days ago and now I am here to humbly
    ask the community what is going on with this GD laptop.

    It boots and task manager reports 100%CPU usage, it then lags for several seconds and displays 100%disk usage with CPU usage bouncing between 30-60%.

    If you leave it alone with task manager running it will eventually quiet down to a reasonable 0-5% disk usage, but doing ANYTHING causes it to bounce right back to 100%.

    I have tried EVERYTHING.

    • disable superfetch.
    • disable microsoft search.
    • disable updates and suggestive tips.
    • updated to the most current version of microsoft. (it hadn't been updated since 2018 when she bought it.)
    • reconfigured AHCI PCIE.
    • changed energy options.
    • disabled indexing.
    • reset the virtual memory.
    • ran disk defragment and disabled all scheduling.
    • updated all drivers.
    • deleted google chrome.
    • Disabled all services that weren't microsoft services and disabled all startup programs (clean boot).
    Still no change in the disk usage.

    Its an HP Laptop model 15-bw0xx with Windows 10 home edition version 10.0.18362

    after messing with it this long im considering replacing the HDD with an SSD but I fear that it wont fix the issue.
     
    LucasParsons, Aug 21, 2024
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  3. PAVOLBUGOS
    PavolBugos Win User
    PavolBugos, Aug 21, 2024
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  4. ANONYMOUS4236
    Anonymous4236 Win User

    Why is my search service taking up 100% disk usage after disabling it and disabling indexing?

    100% disk usage windows 10

    I am having persistent problems with 100% disk usage...I have disabled Service host superfetch and windows search to no avail, any suggestions?
     
    Anonymous4236, Aug 21, 2024
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