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Windows 10 hogging disk usage

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For some reason my Dell Inspiron15 7000 Series Laptop has been quite slow lately, I know for sure it isn't a virus, it's just that tasks are hogging up the disk usage and making tasks such as opening chrome and even opening simple things such as the file explorer far longer than they need to be. Any Ideas why this is? Also, I have 2 screenshots attached, one is right when I opened my laptop up and the other is a few minutes after that, for some reason, there was another process that switched to be taking the most disk usage. I don't know why this is. and the weird thing is it reduces back to 0 after about 5 minutes after I wake it up. Please Help! 

 

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Here are my specs:

  • CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 6-Core Processor OC @ 5.0ghz
  • Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
  • Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
  • Storage: Western Digital - WD Blue 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
    • Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
    • WD 4TB Black - Passport
  • RAM: Corsair Vengence RGB 2x8 RAM
  • Graphics Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card
  • Case: Corsair Crystal 460x
  • Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
  • Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
  • Monitor: Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor
  • Keyboard: Corsair K70 Mk II
  • Mouse: Corsair - SCIMITAR PRO RGB Wired Optical Mouse
  • Headphones: Bose QC 35 II - Active Noise Cancelling Headphones
     
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This might be Windows literally using your computer as a seed box for the people who download Windows off peer-to-peer (like a torrent. Exactly like one)

 

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Try this. Settings > Update and Security > Windows Update > Advanced Options > Choose how updates are delivered > Turn the option off.

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Anti virus scan? Those can really bog down your machine, especially if it is the awful Mcaffe trial Dell includes. That bogged down my XPS 15.

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If you upgraded to Win10 from a previous windows version delete the windows.old folder it houses your old windows install

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