Hard drives 100% spikes

[TheStagGamer]

I've been getting these occurrences where my hard drive usages spikes to 100% for about 30 seconds no matter what I'm doing.

I'm running win 10 64 bit BTW.
Any ideas?

Image showing task master at the spike: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqpnHqNWcAAoK52.jpg:large

 

[BadAsAl]

Does it do it in safe mode?
Run CrystalDiskInfo and see if it reports good or not.

 

[TheStagGamer]

Does it do it in safe mode?
Run CrystalDiskInfo and see if it reports good or not.

Found this on one of my drives:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cqppa_eWcAAIfui.jpg:large

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there TheStagGamer,

That is really unpleasant.

My suggestion would be to back up the data stored on your E: drive. Is the drive under warranty? There are a couple of weak sectors on the drive.
After that, my suggestion would be to reformat the drive and re-test it. In case there is no chance in the SMART data, you can even write zeros on the drive(process that fills in 0 value in each sector) and retest. You can do so with WD's Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool. I will not hurt to run both its short and extended tests: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=a9AP65

As for the 100% disk usage, you can take your problematic drive out of the system and see if the issue persists. In case it does, then this is most probably caused by some Windows services. There are multiple threads on that with different causes and solutions to that issue. It may be a good idea to do some research on that.
A couple of threads:
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/3h4wjg/windows_10_high_disk_usage_100_ive_seen_a_thread/
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2813275/disk-usage-100.html

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD

 

[TheStagGamer]

Hi there TheStagGamer,

That is really unpleasant.

My suggestion would be to back up the data stored on your E: drive. Is the drive under warranty? There are a couple of weak sectors on the drive.
After that, my suggestion would be to reformat the drive and re-test it. In case there is no chance in the SMART data, you can even write zeros on the drive(process that fills in 0 value in each sector) and retest. You can do so with WD's Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool. I will not hurt to run both its short and extended tests: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=a9AP65

As for the 100% disk usage, you can take your problematic drive out of the system and see if the issue persists. In case it does, then this is most probably caused by some Windows services. There are multiple threads on that with different causes and solutions to that issue. It may be a good idea to do some research on that.
A couple of threads:
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/3h4wjg/windows_10_high_disk_usage_100_ive_seen_a_thread/
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2813275/disk-usage-100.html

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD

Thanks for your help!
Just before attempting to return the drive I've gone into my drives virtual memory settings and discovered that "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" has been disabled. I'm currently testing my system for a while to see if that has solved the problem. If not then I'll return the drive like you suggested.

Thanks again!
-Kieran

 

[D_Know_WD]

The thing is that, your issue was the fact that your SSD got 100% disk usage. You solved that by adjusting the page file.

Apart from that, there is your mechanical Western Digital drive ( E: ), which I was talking about in my previous reply. It has a couple weak sectors. See if reformat would do the job.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[TheStagGamer]

The thing is that, your issue was the fact that your SSD got 100% disk usage. You solved that by adjusting the page file.

Apart from that, there is your mechanical Western Digital drive ( E: ), which I was talking about in my previous reply. It has a couple weak sectors. See if reformat would do the job.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

After a reformat I still found this: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqzqNAjWIAAjRtc.jpg:small

Would you stay I should return the drive?

 

[TheStagGamer]

The thing is that, your issue was the fact that your SSD got 100% disk usage. You solved that by adjusting the page file.

Apart from that, there is your mechanical Western Digital drive ( E: ), which I was talking about in my previous reply. It has a couple weak sectors. See if reformat would do the job.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

C drive still 100%ing . Could the drive with the bad sectors be causing this?

 

[D_Know_WD]

Yes, I believe you should RMA your WD drive. You can either contact our Support or the place you got it from: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=kAc48u

As for the 100% disk usage, you can take HDD out of the system. In case the issue persists, then the 100% disk usage is not caused by the HDD.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD