Disk keeps hitting 100%

[JoelAkane]

My computer started acting weird a while back.
The disk keeps hitting 100%, for seemingly no reason. I use Windows 10. I tried following some solutions on forums, but they didn't work. This is what I've tried so far:

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  Look for Malware (McAfee 2017)
  Disable Windows Search
  Disable Superfetch
  Turn off automatic defrag in the "Optimizing disk" menu (Don't know if that's what it's called in English. I use a Dutch install of the OS.)
  Turn off defrag in the task schedular.
  Re-install Windows 10 from scratch.

Gotta add that, although these solutions didn't solve the problem, they made it less bad. It used to be at 100% all the time. Now it's just every so often.

Hope you can help me out. Would it help if I went back to Windows 7?
Thanks in advance!

 

[SkyNetRising]

Use resource Monitor to find process that causes disk usage and files that are being accessed.

Open Resource Monitor,
switch to Disk tab,
locate Disk Activity section (lower part of the window),
order Disk activity section by Total descending,
adjust file column, so that file names are fully visible
and post screenshot.

 

[JoelAkane]

Use resource Monitor to find process that causes disk usage and files that are being accessed.

Open Resource Monitor,
switch to Disk tab,
locate Disk Activity section (lower part of the window),
order Disk activity section by Total descending,
adjust file column, so that file names are fully visible
and post screenshot.

I could do that, but that's a waste of time. The highest usage is 0,1 MB/s.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hi Joel.

Seems like you've tried quite a few things already, good job!
Give it a go with a different SATA port and different cables, just in case it turns out to be a faulty connection issue. You should also test the drive for errors and bad sectors, just to see if there's anything wrong with it.
Check for available OS updates as well.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[SkyNetRising]

I could do that, but that's a waste of time. The highest usage is 0,1 MB/s.

Didn't you want to sort out the problem and find, what's causing it?
Oh, well - without info from Resource Monitor it's gonna be really hard thing to do.

Could also be that drive has sustained some damage. You can check drive health with HDtune (health section).

 

[JoelAkane]

Hi Joel.

Seems like you've tried quite a few things already, good job!
Give it a go with a different SATA port and different cables, just in case it turns out to be a faulty connection issue. You should also test the drive for errors and bad sectors, just to see if there's anything wrong with it.
Check for available OS updates as well.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

I'm really bad with computers. No idea what any of that means

 

[JoelAkane]

I could do that, but that's a waste of time. The highest usage is 0,1 MB/s.

Didn't you want to sort out the problem and find, what's causing it?
Oh, well - without info from Resource Monitor it's gonna be really hard thing to do.

Could also be that drive has sustained some damage. You can check drive health with HDtune (health section).

It seems the issue is being caused by the service host. I'll try the HDtune thing

 

[JoelAkane]

I could do that, but that's a waste of time. The highest usage is 0,1 MB/s.

Didn't you want to sort out the problem and find, what's causing it?
Oh, well - without info from Resource Monitor it's gonna be really hard thing to do.

Could also be that drive has sustained some damage. You can check drive health with HDtune (health section).

Thanks to the HDTune check, I found out that there are exactly 37097 hardware read errors, so I just need to replace the HDD.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Thanks to the HDTune check, I found out that there are exactly 37097 hardware read errors, so I just need to replace the HDD.

Hardware read errors do not necessary signal about need to replace hdd.
Can you post screenshot from HDtune health?

Parameters, that indicate failed hdd are Relocated sector count and Current Pending sectors.
Others are way less important, but also could indicate some problem.

 

[JoelAkane]

Thanks to the HDTune check, I found out that there are exactly 37097 hardware read errors, so I just need to replace the HDD.

Hardware read errors do not necessary signal about need to replace hdd.
Can you post screenshot from HDtune health?

Parameters, that indicate failed hdd are Relocated sector count and Current Pending sectors.
Others are way less important, but also could indicate some problem.

This is the screenshot:
http://imgur.com/KNNt7wJ

I can't figure out how to post it here.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Well yes - that one has failed. Read error rate is way too high.
This usually indicates problem with disk surface or read/write heads.

Seagate drives usually have high read error rate, for them that is considered normal.
But not for Samsung drives.

So - replace the drive.

 

[JoelAkane]

Well yes - that one has failed. Read error rate is way too high.
This usually indicates problem with disk surface or read/write heads.

Seagate drives usually have high read error rate, for them that is considered normal.
But not for Samsung drives.

So - replace the drive.

Might end up replacing the entire computer. Need better RAM and cooling anyway, and to upgrade is only like €200 cheaper than replacing, so might as well get a new one with 4 years of warranty lol.