Question HDD constantly at 100%

[Volle013]

I had an HDD which failed* for some reason so I had to purchase a new SSD ASAP. Everything is currently in my only SSD so I bought a new 1TB Barracuda HDD. I had problems with installing the new HDD so I had to RMA it twice. I now have a third HDD which initially had the same problems so I began to suspect that it wasn't the hard drive's issue so I bought to a friend. He just unallocated the drive and it was up and running.

But, it's always at 100% usage even when there is no file transfer. and when there are file transfers, its response time is in the thousands of ms and the transfer rate is between 0.8 and 5 MBps and sometimes even stays at 0 MBps.

*P.S. I'm not sure if it's related but that buddy of mine tried put the old HDD in an enclosure and found that it was completely fine. All of my files were there. But for some reason, my PC wouldn't boot off the HDD.

P.P.S. Before the fix, hooking up the HDD would get me stuck at the BIOS loading screen.

 

[DeckZPC]

have you looked in task manager to see whats using the most of the hdd?

 

[Volle013]

have you looked in task manager to see whats using the most of the hdd?

Unfortunately, I can't tell if the usage was for the SSD or the HDD. BUT I've only been transferring files to the HDD; it's not a boot drive. Sure enough, it's at 0% when there are no transfers. But when there are, transfer rate is between 0.8 and 5 MBps , and even gets stuck at 0 some times.

 

[DeckZPC]

Unfortunately, I can't tell if the usage was for the SSD or the HDD. BUT I've only been transferring files to the HDD; it's not a boot drive. Sure enough, it's at 0% when there are no transfers. But when there are, transfer rate is between 0.8 and 5 MBps , and even gets stuck at 0 some times.

do you know what the speed said on the packet or manual

 

[Volle013]

do you know what the speed said on the packet or manual

Supposedly, it's 600 MBps but most it definitely not should be 1 MBps nor should it be stuck at 0 for large intervals.

 

[DeckZPC]

Supposedly, it's 600 MBps but most it definitely not should be 1 MBps nor should it be stuck at 0 for large intervals.

go into settings then system then storage scroll down and under more storage settings it should say "optimise drives" try doing that on the faulty drive. and if that doesnt help maybe try 1: updating windows in settings (if available) or 2: reinstalling windows. hope this helps!.

 

[Volle013]

go into settings then system then storage scroll down and under more storage settings it should say "optimise drives" try doing that on the faulty drive. and if that doesnt help maybe try 1: updating windows in settings (if available) or 2: reinstalling windows. hope this helps!.

I did update windows and now it doesn't boot. It gets stuck here (again):

https://imgur.com/a/NQAdDTZ

View: https://imgur.com/a/NQAdDTZ


What it seems t be doing is it's trying to read something off the HDD. I used to be able to get this to boot.