100% Disk Space

[SquiddyButler]

I've been having this problem on and off. It's either "System" or "Antimalware Service Executable" that brings my disk space to 100%. Is there any way to temporarily or even permanently fix this? Maybe adding more RAM? Thanks 

[2plash6]

Are you sure it's disk space, and not disk usage?

[SquiddyButler]

6 minutes ago, 2plash6 said:

Are you sure it's disk space, and not disk usage?

It might be yeah, all it says is "Disk" so I'm not quite sure.

[2plash6]

100% Disk usage indicates corruption.

[RONOTHAN##]

4 minutes ago, SquiddyButler said:

It might be yeah, all it says is "Disk" so I'm not quite sure.

If you're talking about in task manger, then yeah it means disk usage. 

 

The only way to fix 100% disk usage would be to get a faster drive. If you're still using a hard drive, then you're best idea to get an SSD. If you're using a SATA SSD, get an NVMe drive.

 

EDIT:

1 minute ago, 2plash6 said:

100% Disk usage is EXTREMELY abnormal as far as I know. 100% CPU usage is one thing, happens to everyone who uses a PC sometimes, but 100% Disk usage is way out of the ordinary.

It's not that abnormal if he's still using a hard drive.

Edited October 29, 2021 by RONOTHAN##

[2plash6]

4 minutes ago, SquiddyButler said:

It might be yeah, all it says is "Disk" so I'm not quite sure.

"Disk" alone means Disk usage. The se are just abbreviations on Task Manager. They all correspond to usage.

[SquiddyButler]

2 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

If you're talking about in task manger, then yeah it means disk usage. 

 

The only way to fix 100% disk usage would be to get a faster drive. If you're still using a hard drive, then you're best idea to get an SSD. If you're using a SATA SSD, get an NVMe drive.

 

EDIT:

It's not that abnormal if he's still using a hard drive.

Which would you recommend? I have a Z490E motherboard. 

[Cheeki]

4 minutes ago, SquiddyButler said:

It might be yeah, all it says is "Disk" so I'm not quite sure.

These images help with little explanations. As everyone says, something is using heavy disk usage. Since it says Antimalware Service Executable. That is normal Windows Defender. It is scanning a crap ton of your files which is why it needs to read so much. Nothing out of the ordinary. Just let the automatic scan do it's thing and everything will be back to normal. If you have slower drive then it might take a while.

[RONOTHAN##]

Just now, SquiddyButler said:

Which would you recommend? I have a Z490E motherboard. 

Depends on what you currently have. The SN550 is a pretty good value drive, with the SN750 being a bit more high performance (though most people don't need the extra performance). 

[2plash6]

Just now, SquiddyButler said:

Which would you recommend? I have a Z490E motherboard. 

Any SSD. Just don't use a slow HDD as your main drive, especially if you have a high end system. You can just use any cheap SATA SSD.

[2plash6]

I would recommend an ADATA SATA SSD, as they are more than good enough, and affordable.