[SOLVED] SSD Spiking to 100% randomly

[nikkone79]

Weird issue I've been having, if anyone has any help to offer:

My SSD will randomly spike to 100% usage and cause a random application in progress to halt for a few seconds, sometimes causing the cursor on my screen to freeze as well. This is what it looks like:

For context:

I have an SSD (the one that is spiking) with my OS on it. I also have a mechanical hard drive that I use for storage. I have disabled the mechanical hard drive to make sure it wasn't causing any issues.

The SSD is fairly new (about a few months old). This issue happens randomly, and sometimes goes away. I don't know what causes the issue to begin. Optimizing my drive causes the issue to go away for a little while.

I've tried many things to fix this issue. Checking which application is causing the SSD to use the most resources doesn't yield anything useful:

I've tried disabling my anti virus, I've tried closing all applications, and I've tried checking driver verifications (which caused my computer to blue screen on startup until I reverted it)

Any help?

 

[helpstar]

check windows integrity
open the command prompt as administrator and type DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-open-an-elevated-command-prompt-2618088
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...em-files/bc609315-da1f-4775-812c-695b60477a93


clean boot
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows

check the memory by running memtest.org usb autoinstaller (bootable USB flash drive)

check the SSD for errors with its manufacturer´s tool