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Laptop freezing every few minutes, with disk usage spikes

TheNightMaster
My laptop keeps freezing every few minutes, the usage also spikes to 100% corresponding to these freezes.
Games work well and then suddenly freeze for a few seconds. 
As of now I have tried following what a few links online say.
I've also done a complete format of the drive and reinstalled Windows.
Is the drive dying? Could it be something not drive related?
I've attached screenshots of the Task Manager and Crystal Disk Info Usage
Thanks for your help!

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You have bad sectors on that disk and they are increasing. Best replace it ASAP.

Main system: i9-7980XE, Asus X299 TUF mark 2, Noctua D15, Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200 3x 16GB 2R, RTX 3070, NZXT E850, GameMax Abyss, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB, Acer Predator XB241YU 24" 1440p 144Hz G-Sync + HP LP2475w 24" 1200p 60Hz wide gamut
Gaming laptop: Lenovo Legion 5, 5800H, RTX 3070, Kingston DDR4 3200C22 2x16GB 2Rx8, Kingston Fury Renegade 1TB + Crucial P1 1TB SSD, 165 Hz IPS 1080p G-Sync Compatible

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Just now, porina said:

You have bad sectors on that disk and they are increasing. Best replace it ASAP.

Agreed. The HDD is dying; replace it!

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44 minutes ago, NinJake said:

Preferably with a SSD 🙂

Yes going forward I will put in an SSD. 

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51 minutes ago, porina said:

You have bad sectors on that disk and they are increasing. Best replace it ASAP.

But what I don't understand is, how does the drive having bad sectors cause these kind of freezes? 

I understand that the drive is dying. But is it certain that the freezes are caused by it?

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2 minutes ago, TheNightMaster said:

But what I don't understand is, how does the drive having bad sectors cause these kind of freezes? 

I understand that the drive is dying. But is it certain that the freezes are caused by it?

The drive is detecting bad sectors in the form of corrupted data. When it does so, it will try to move that data to a spare good sector and keep working for longer. It can spend some time trying to get the data off the disk before giving up. Also if you have multiple bad sectors near each other then it can make the unresponsiveness last a long time. The OS expects the data in a short time so it can appear to hang the system until it is done.

Main system: i9-7980XE, Asus X299 TUF mark 2, Noctua D15, Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200 3x 16GB 2R, RTX 3070, NZXT E850, GameMax Abyss, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB, Acer Predator XB241YU 24" 1440p 144Hz G-Sync + HP LP2475w 24" 1200p 60Hz wide gamut
Gaming laptop: Lenovo Legion 5, 5800H, RTX 3070, Kingston DDR4 3200C22 2x16GB 2Rx8, Kingston Fury Renegade 1TB + Crucial P1 1TB SSD, 165 Hz IPS 1080p G-Sync Compatible

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6 hours ago, porina said:

The drive is detecting bad sectors in the form of corrupted data. When it does so, it will try to move that data to a spare good sector and keep working for longer. It can spend some time trying to get the data off the disk before giving up. Also if you have multiple bad sectors near each other then it can make the unresponsiveness last a long time. The OS expects the data in a short time so it can appear to hang the system until it is done.

Alright, Thanks a lot! 

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