Disk active time at 100% when installing/moving files

[merrittdaferritt]

Title pretty much says it all. I noticed this when trying to update Player Unknown's Battlegrounds. It seemed to download fine but hasn't been able to install. I also noticed that while i was trying to install it and play other games at the same time it would lag. After investigating this issue i found that my disk active time was 100% whenever i was downloading or moving files but went back to 0%as soon as I stopped. I have tried defragmenting the disk as well as disabling windows search both to no avail. The only changes i can think have happened before this issue is updating my graphics drivers. Any ideas on what to try next?


Btw i have windows 10

 

[merrittdaferritt]

You are sure this is normal? When looking online i found others with the same problem and none replied with "this is normal"

 

[merrittdaferritt]

for example here:https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-performance/disk-usage-100-when-downloading/ccf74e7c-ef9b-4a0c-8d6c-6c7b34f5bc52

and here:http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/864977564668168862




odd that a Microsoft support member as well as everyone else that has replied to these didnt know that its normal

 

[JaredDM]

This question is almost too dumb to merit an answer (I'm not a 2nd grade school teacher, I don't have to lie and say there are no dumb questions).

When you are installing/downloading/moving any files your drive should be 100% active since it's actively reading/writing data.

Congratulations, your drive works!

As to why your game won't install, you'd need to provide a lot more info.

As to why your computer lags when installing a game while playing another one, that's just because you're overworking your system. What do you think you've got there, a quantum computer?