Windows 10 100% disk

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Hi,I got a new laptop with i3 6006u,r5 m430 2gb gddr3,4gb ram ddr4 2133mhz and 1tb hdd 5400rpm
The problem is that mostly whatever i do,the disk goes to 100%,after closing a game it stays like that for a few minutes,caused either by system,some services(windows update seems to not affect this laptop at all) and/or the amd control panel
Did a disk check,s.m.a.r.t test,virus check,disabled a lot of useless services,disabled windows 10 useless things
Could anyone give me a solution?
 
Solution

You're probably running out of RAM. The computer is swapping memory pages to disk to make the game fit into RAM. When you quit the game, it has to read those memory pages back from the disk, which is why the disk is going to 100% for a few minutes.

  • ■Simplest solution is just to add more RAM.
    ■While 4 GB is not a lot to work with, it's adequate for light workloads. Go through the list of startup programs (task manager -> startup tab) and disable everything that's useless (like...
Have you disabled the Windows telemetry features? Indexing?

4 GB is not enough for doing much in Windows 10. 8 GB should really be the minimum. Once you open a few browser tabs, a game, etc that free memory is quickly gobbled up and it starts paging stuff out to disk which slows things to a complete crawl.
 

You're probably running out of RAM. The computer is swapping memory pages to disk to make the game fit into RAM. When you quit the game, it has to read those memory pages back from the disk, which is why the disk is going to 100% for a few minutes.

  • ■Simplest solution is just to add more RAM.
    ■While 4 GB is not a lot to work with, it's adequate for light workloads. Go through the list of startup programs (task manager -> startup tab) and disable everything that's useless (like auto-update services for programs you rarely use - they check for updates when you run them anyway). Ideally, task manager should only show 1-1.5 GB of RAM being used after a clean boot. Most programs will be able to run in the remaining 2-3 GB, although games will usually take more. Try to avoid leaving browsers running with lots of tabs open.
    ■Replace the 5400 RPM HDD with a SSD. While it won't help with your memory situation, swapping to a SSD is much faster than swapping to a HDD (especially a 5400 RPM HDD). And you may not even notice the slowdown as it swaps. It will wear out the SSD faster if you opt for a small one like 128GB though. So if you can't afford a bigger SSD, go for a memory upgrade. If the laptop's memory isn't upgradeable, then save up for a 250+ GB SSD.
 
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alii98

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Hi,thanks for the help,so I am planning to buy an ssd(240gb one for os and probably some games) after i get the ram,and i will try disabling windows telementary or whatever services if i somehow have them activated,thanks for the help