100% Disk Usage

My HDD is split into 2 partitions, one partition E: is working perfectly fine at +100mbps speed writing and reading, the other partition D: has this issue, basically the transfer speed (writing only) is between 1-8 Mbps, and the HDD gets to 100% usage on the simplest tasks like moving a 100mb...

This is a problem I've been dealing with for years on two different computers across 2 different SSD's (adata su800 and samsung 960 evo) and one SSHD. It used to happen randomly, but now it specifically happens when playing games, some games doing it more than others. Whatever storage medium the...

Ok so I know this question probably gets asked every minute so sorry for asking again Now that being out of the way my real problem is I have a 7200 rpm HDD (I have read a lot of comments saying 7200rpm usually doesn't experience this problem) yet it is almost everytime at 100% usage, tried...

Computer boots to black screen on startup, have to restart multiple times (around 4-5 times) to actually get it working, except for the apps that open on startup like my AntiVirus and Asus GPU Tweak rest of the screen behind is black, I can press Alt + Ctrl + Del to open Task Manager still the...

Hi all! My Specs: Windows 10 - 10.0.18363 Build 18363 Ryzen 5 3600 RX580 8GB B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI-CF 1TB PCS SSD I purchased my first gaming PC about 6 months ago and for the last couple of months I have had repeated issues with 100% disk usage and slow performance ONLY when loading...

Hi guys, I'm on an adventure for weeks now which is fixing a problem in my computer which is getting 100% disk usage sometimes when playing games, In a nutshell, I have two drives, an SSD and a HDD and most times with most games, when I enter them I get 100% disk usage, being only at the drive...

I have had my laptop since like 2013 or 2014 and it was fine until like 2018 and 2019 when it started using 100% disk the whole time it was on. I scanned the laptop for viruses and found none. Most of the time its Norton Security and the system itself using up most of the disk (usually between...

So I have a Sony Vaio laptop which is about 5-6 years old running Windows 10. I recently upgraded it's hard drive from it's original HDD to a new SSD (Kingston A400 128GB). I had previous experience with this kingston SSD since I have a second one working just fine in my PC. For the first month...

I understand this 100% disk usage is pretty common here or across any other forums, but I legit can't find any help to overcome this issue. I recently since past month been getting this 100% disk usage issue. And it usually gets triggered every time I do something in the pc like even opening a...

So, i got this Laptop about 10 months ago and past days (about 4 days) it started to do weird stuff. It started by taking a lot in the loading loop at the start, then it would take about 10 mins in a black screen to finally show my username and password input. After I did it, everything seemed...

Hello, I have this problem for half a year now. When playing games, my hdd jumps to 100% but it also happens to my ssd if the game is downloaded there. Makes it impossible to game. Game freezes, System freezes, game sound bugged etc. I have this problem for half a year now. The problem usually...

System, Chrome, and a bunch of Windows Services all use a lot of disk. Also, sometimes the processes' combined disk usage don't match up with the total disk usage in task manager. [ex. all processes combined uses 30% disk but it still shows 100% disk being used] Very rarely it goes down (usually...

So for the past 8 months I have been trying to find a solution for when my hard disk is using 100% while playing games, It mostly happens when loading and after loading. It will just stutter so much and then be ok until I get to like a checkpoint or something and it stutters really bad. I have...

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for over 10 days i was running my ryzen 1600 @ 3.9Ghz with 1.32v which is actually great. Aida64 stress test runs smooth no crashes, 72°c max, but with Prime95 ( slow FTT) it crashes after 5 mins and touch 82°c but it run stable 3.9 at 1.35v 83°c. i actually played a lot of BF1 with 3.9 at...

Hi.I reinstalled my windows 10 and i can't play video games any more..until i haven t this problem.Enery time i start a video game, it is laggy(like a little FPS) and sometimes it freezes even if i set the settings to the lowes level.Even browsing is quite hard, because youtube freezes also...

So I have the i7-8700k and it should be running at a speed of 3,7GHz. I once clicked the OC Genie button in my BIOS which overclocked it to 4,7GHz. Later I turned it off but the overclock itself seems to still be there, now I'm panicing because my CPU's very hot (100 degrees Celsius and 60...

I recently upgraded from an i5-650 to an i7-7700k. I changed to have more leway on multi processing. Since the upgrade performance went down the drain. I was running it on a g1 ga-z170mx gaming 5. I then switched to a Asus Maximus hero IX (hoping it would be better). Now on the hero the PC is...

Oke so i bought this pc like 3 weeks ago and it has not been performing as it should. with csgo i rarely get over 100 fps and sometimes drop into 40 fps This is not only the problem with csgo but with every game i play! Games i play. Battlefield 4 26-80 fps paladins 60-40 fps CSGO 40-100 fps...

I've been having a automatic restarts. Every time I look this up, someone says "It's probably the power supply." Well, I'm way over the what I need to run my system, so if the PSU's the culprit it's only failing under load. How do I check that? I don't have a spare PSU sitting around here...

maybey 5 old laptop... its any dell n504..it booting up with black screen.i can boot with dvd,butt it wont boot with normal boot.tried f8=last known good configuration WITH NO LUCK..Ihavent done reformat or reinstalled windows yet..i cant do online diagnostics,cuse windows wont boot.i guess my...

I've been tasked with purchasing all the necessary items and configuration of a server for my company. Security is the biggest concern, back-up of important database files is up there as well. Locking down certain data so it cannot be deleted/moved is key. Already lost (and luckily recovered)...