Disk Usage at 100% and Windows is hanging despite not many applications running.

[BongBing]

Hi.
Lately I've been running into a frustrating issue. At random intervals my task manager will say my disk is at 100%, thus causing various things to hang/freeze. Generally all I run is: Skype, Discord (never both at the same time), Steam, and F.lux. Occasionally google chrome, but I usually only have around 2 or 3 tabs open. Games run pretty well, but because of the random disk spikes my games will occasionally freeze or crash.

According to Task Manager, my Disk is a TOSHIBA DT01ACA100

I bought this computer from Newegg, on October 20th, and it only started doing this a few days ago. some help would be appreciated.

 

[Deepesh Shenoy]

Even I Had The Same Problem....The ANtivirus ( Windows Defender ) Was The CUlprit...I Disabled it and Installed Comodo ANtivirus ..Everything is Fine now 😛

 

[Rafael Mestdag]

Watch this video on Youtube and follow the instructions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mbrw1x0LzU

If it solves the problem, let us know.

Don't forget to check your Task Manager to see which program/service is causing this and then search for it on both Google and Youtube(There are tons of videos on the subject) and you'll find a solution. I did.

 

[BongBing]

following the instructions in the youtube video has helped a bit, although I still experience slow load times randomly (but not as much as before)

 

[Rafael Mestdag]

following the instructions in the youtube video has helped a bit, although I still experience slow load times randomly (but not as much as before)

Every time you experience it, don't lose the opportunity to find out what's causing it by opening up Task Manager and on the Processes tab, find out what is draining so much of your HDD and then google it to find out a way to get rid of it.
In my case it was Windows Defender along with what's on the video I posted for you.
If I'm not mistaken the process name was MsMpEng.exe the causer of my troubles.

This page shows a man with the same problem complaining about it at MS' official site:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/mse-protect_scanning/msmpengexe-excessive-disk-usage-problem/63816ff0-f27a-4cf0-9337-ad5b4bf9124a?auth=1

This YT video shows an easy way to get rid of it, if it's your case as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZCestWcamg

PS: NEVER FORGET, GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE ARE YOUR FRIENDS.

 

[Rafael Mestdag]

Check out this video in particular:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPztrSg2D7s

Tell us if it's helped.

 

[Deepesh Shenoy]

Can You Tell The Process That Uses Most Of The Disk % ? Open Task Manager And Click On The Disk . That Should Help In Listing Programs That Uses High Disk Usage .