SSD Disk 0 (C :) at 100% and lagging PC

[Raw Berserker]

Hey guys,

Since about a week ago, I noticed my PC started freezing up every minute or so even while idle. I opened task manager to see what the issue was and I noticed my Disk 0 was jumping from ~0% to 100% for about 10 seconds or so then it goes back down. If I click on any window opened or the taskbar when it goes to 100%, it stops responding until it goes back down or if it crashes. First thing I did was run a virus scan (Malwarebytes and Windows Security) which found nothing. I then googled the issue and found some "fixes" that told me to stop some services and to delete DiagTrack. Nothing I tried worked, but one guy said to use HD Tune to run an Error Scan on my SSD which found no damage. However when I ran the scan I noticed that the issue stopped; no freezing and no unresponsive windows. I've been having to run the scan constantly in order to use my PC normally.

These are Task Manager while the PC becomes unresponsive.

https://imgur.com/h5f3HCK

https://imgur.com/epDlzgj



These are Task Manager while running the HD Tune Error Scan, which makes the PC run normally.

https://imgur.com/rv6ObLI

https://imgur.com/eklcZqv


If you need other information, I'll send it over.

Thanks for the help.

 

[ron2456]

Which windows version? And what is causing the sudden spike in taskmanager?

 

[vapour]

watch in resource manager and see which process is occupying your storage.

 

[Raw Berserker]

Which windows version? And what is causing the sudden spike in taskmanager?

I'm using Windows 10. I don't know what is causing the spike. As you can see in the second Task Manager picture I showed, nothing seems to be using the disk.

 

[Raw Berserker]

watch in resource manager and see which process is occupying your storage.

Here is a picture of the Resource Monitor while the usage spiked. Nothing is high in usage.

https://imgur.com/k7q4F8v

 

[vapour]

looks to me drives and ram are major suspects.
1. Do a memtest86 for 1 hour.
2. Use crystaldiskinfo to check health of your storage.

 

[ron2456]

This issue was there with 1709 update that affected only hdds. Your symptoms are exactly the same like many have faced but the only BUT here is that yours is ssd. Do you have the latest build of OS version 1809?

 

[Raw Berserker]

looks to me drives and ram are major suspects.
1. Do a memtest86 for 1 hour.
2. Use crystaldiskinfo to check health of your storage.

I ran the memtest until completion and there were 0 errors. Also crystaldisk showed the health of the drive as good.

https://imgur.com/Hd0klLi

 

[Raw Berserker]

This issue was there with 1709 update that affected only hdds. Your symptoms are exactly the same like many have faced but the only BUT here is that yours is ssd. Do you have the latest build of OS version 1809?

I haven't been able to update to 1809. Every time I try to update, the installation fails. Nothing I've tried has allowed me to update so I left it and apparently forgotten about it too.

 

[vapour]

what size is your ssd and how much room left?

 

[Raw Berserker]

what size is your ssd and how much room left?

It's 225gb total with 38.5gb free