Windows 10: Windows suddenly not going idle

Since about a week or so my PC has suddenly stopped going idle. Skype never shows away, computer will not sleep.

Windows 10 version 1803.

I have checked powercfg -request and although initially the mic device was being kept open by Cortana I disabled Cortana so that is no longer the case. Regardless it was not an issue before.

I have not installed any new software in this period, although some may have auto updated.

I have looked at all the programs/services being started at boot and removed them from auto start - but the problem persists.

In a random fashion, idle does work on first boot, for a while. Sometimes it stops after the first idle period is interrupted, sometimes it works for a few hours. I have failed to find a pattern.

I am assuming there is some way to investigate exactly what is keeping Windows from going idle - but other than powercfg commands I have not found any mention of it through searching.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Jules.

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Hey there, @Shamonto Hasan Easha!

I'd try re-plugging the hard drive and checking if the cable is damaged. I'd also suggest to try plugging the drive in another computer and see if it gets recognized properly there. Is it a IDE or SATA drive you're using?
If the drive is unallocated, this means that the partition has been lost after the power went down.
Check out this thread for more ideas on how to solve the issue. There are some detailed steps there that might be useful for you:
http://superuser.com/questions/5442...n-on-ssd-suddenly-became-unallocated-disk-spa

Hope this helped.
SuperSoph_WD