Constant 100% Hard Drive Usage in Task Manager?

[Zylnx]

Hello all!

 

Im new to this page, but anyways, I have a 640GB WD Caviar Green, which seems to be constantly running at 100% and I dont understand why. I have tried defragging multiple times but no effect. I use the computer a lot for content creation, although it probably not the best thing for it

 

All helps appreciated!

 

Thanks!

 

Alex 

[NinjaJc01]

Virus?

[lh99]

Try to save your data, i had the same problem with an older hard drive, it was constantly running at 100 percent even when i did nothing, a few days later windows repair it automatically every time i wanted to boot. Just before i bought my new system it crapped all over the place and you werent able to access ít at all.

[HeyKitty]

Quit Vegas Pro, Skype, and Snipping tool and see if it's still running at %100.  See if Win10 is updating... Otherwise start the virus scans. If they are clean you may have a hard drive going bad.

[ChinaBox]

Check the performance tab

if your harddrive (C:) has high or 100% usage, then it is likely related to your pagefile

[awesomes8wc3]

hit winkey+r, type resmon, enter, go to disk tab, click total b/sec so the arrow is pointing down. should tell you exactly whats causing it.

 

@Zylnx always follow your threads, so you know when we reply!

button on the right!!

[Zylnx]

thanks for the quicjk replies, went to for food haha. ill try whats above, there isnt a virus i scan every couple days but i thought the same. hope it isnt going bad though  :unsure:

[Zylnx]

Quit Vegas Pro, Skype, and Snipping tool and see if it's still running at %100.  See if Win10 is updating... Otherwise start the virus scans. If they are clean you may have a hard drive going bad.

had just started windows when i took the screenshot, its exactly the same without. also i highly doubt windows is updating. thanks anyways

[Zylnx]

Try to save your data, i had the same problem with an older hard drive, it was constantly running at 100 percent even when i did nothing, a few days later windows repair it automatically every time i wanted to boot. Just before i bought my new system it crapped all over the place and you werent able to access ít at all.

will back it up as soon as possible

[Zylnx]

Virus?

highly doubt

[Zylnx]

hit winkey+r, type resmon, enter, go to disk tab, click total b/sec so the arrow is pointing down. should tell you exactly whats causing it.

 

@Zylnx always follow your threads, so you know when we reply!

button on the right!!

 

Check the performance tab

if your harddrive (C:) has high or 100% usage, then it is likely related to your pagefile

 will try these now

[Zylnx]

hit winkey+r, type resmon, enter, go to disk tab, click total b/sec so the arrow is pointing down. should tell you exactly whats causing it.

 

@Zylnx always follow your threads, so you know when we reply!

button on the right!!

Didn't see anything crazy. Any ideas what I could try next?

[Zylnx]

Ok so it has just started idling at 2%, questioning how long it will last but its something

[WkdPaul]

did you check the background process including the system ones??

 

Could be Windows indexing?

 

Or schedule defrag???

[awesomes8wc3]

Didn't see anything crazy. Any ideas what I could try next?

Try downloading Sysinternals Process Explorer

[Zylnx]

did you check the background process including the system ones??

 

Could be Windows indexing?

 

Or schedule defrag???

yes, have checked all backgroud processes, and its scheduled to defrag 3 times a week. what do you mean windows indexing?

[Zylnx]

Try downloading Sysinternals Process Explorer

will do now

[WkdPaul]

yes, have checked all backgroud processes, and its scheduled to defrag 3 times a week. what do you mean windows indexing?

Windows File Index

[Zylnx]

Windows File Index

will have a look now

[WkdPaul]

will have a look now

how to disable indexing;

 

http://windowsreport.com/indexing-windows-8/

[Zylnx]

how to disable indexing;

 

http://windowsreport.com/indexing-windows-8/

very helpful

 

is this the same as windows 10?

 

nvm ive disabled it. thanks

Edited January 29, 2016 by Zylnx