High Disk and memory usage after crash

[Aidanlyons1]

Hello my Lenovo g580 crashes last night and went into recovery mode. This morning the system seems to be running incredibly slowly, and frequently crashes due to memory. The task manager indicates that the memory and Disk usage are very high, even when the computer is idle and has no programs active.

I have preformed a memory diagnostic and disabled BITS and automatic windows updates but to no avail. Are there any other solutions I could try before handing it over to repair.

Apologies for the terrible pictures, taken from mobile device because the system is unresponsive.

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[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Aidanlyons1,

As you are suspecting that there is something wrong with your HDD, I would advise you to back up the most important data that is stored on it.
After that, you can test both components.

You can start with testing the HDD with a brand specific testing tool.
You can test your RAM with the Memory Diagnostics Tool of Windows as well as some third party tools:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/diagnosing-memory-problems-on-your-computer
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1906201/test-memory-memtest.html

Cheers,
D_Know_WD