My PC is killing my Hard Drives!

[GilaStomper]

So over the last 2 months my PC has caused 2 of my 1TB Hard Drives to reach 100% disk usage and made them stay that way. I recently formatted one of the HDD's moved everything to my 120gb SSD and the SSD has been fine for a month now but when I formatted 1 of my 1TB HDD's after 4 days I'm back to it locking up with 100% disk usage. What the actual $%&* is going on with my PC why is it murdering my HDD's and causing them to be stuck at 100% usage even when the OS is not on the storage device in question!

 

[elbert]

Have you checked for viruses and adware? Maybe reinstall your OS then scan all your data for viruses just to make sure.

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

Check if your Windows is running a defrag on that HDD. Also check for virus and malware.

 

[GilaStomper]

Have you checked for viruses and adware? Maybe reinstall your OS then scan all your data for viruses just to make sure.

I have done this numerous times. Even on a 100% clean PC I have had 2 Hard Drives eventually develop the issue of 100% disk usage.

 

[GilaStomper]

Check if your Windows is running a defrag on that HDD. Also check for virus and malware.

I've disabled the defrag and I've scanned for malware many times.

 

[elbert]

Try disabling search and superfetch.
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/fix-100-disk-usage-in-task-manager-improve-pc-performance-on-windows-10/#fixes

Also try these.
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/fix-100-disk-usage-in-task-manager-improve-pc-performance-on-windows-10/

 

[GilaStomper]

Try disabling search and superfetch.
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/fix-100-disk-usage-in-task-manager-improve-pc-performance-on-windows-10/#fixes

Also try these.
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/fix-100-disk-usage-in-task-manager-improve-pc-performance-on-windows-10/

I've done both and gone and disabled a bunch of other processes that cause 100% disk usage. It has some effect but after a few mins I'm back to 100% usage and now it doesn't do jack.

 

[elbert]

How about flash and PCIE bug?
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-tips-fix-100-disk-usage-improve-windows-performance/

Disable MSI mode, Bits service, bitdefender, change your power plan, and turn off notifications.
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-10/troubleshoot-100-disk-usage-windows-10/

Do you have a torrent?

 

[GilaStomper]

How about flash and PCIE bug?
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-tips-fix-100-disk-usage-improve-windows-performance/

Disable MSI mode, Bits service, bitdefender, change your power plan, and turn off notifications.
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-10/troubleshoot-100-disk-usage-windows-10/

Do you have a torrent?

I'll try it but sadly when I boot my HDD str8 up its near impossible to use due to the 100% disk usage. I do have a torrent client called deluge though.

 

[elbert]

Disable the torrent to test if its the cause and if so limit your seed files. This and or limit the number of connections.