Programs stop; Disk on 100%

[kenng]

Recently my computer started to freeze or stop loading pages for about 30 seconds, every 5-10 minutes. That was on windows 7 on a hard disk drive. I thought my hdd was going bad so I went and bought an upgrade, a PNY 120GB SSD. I then installed Windows 8.1 on the new SSD. The Problem is still occurring.
The task manager shows the disk is at 100% activity every time this happens. It also shows
-0 ms response time
-0 kb/s read speed
-0 kb/s write speed

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this problem, even right after a clean install on a new disk?

 

[HEXiT]

i'd start with an anti malware scan. then move on to things like bad drivers.
malware bytes has a pretty good catch rate and is free so use it and see what you come up with.
if you do find a lot of pup's remove them. if you find your infected then clean from a cold boot and run sfc/scannow.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there kenng,

You can try something simple as just changing both cables(power and SATA ones). You can attach the SSD to another SATA port as well.
In case the issue persists, you can disable several Windows Services like: Windows Search, Superfetch, BITS. Check this out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2027511/windows-disk-usage-100-problem.html

Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD