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i seem to be having a problem where whenever i try launch a program it gets stuck as a background posses. ive tried restarting the pc, defraging the hdd. i did however notice that my hard drive runs abnormally slow. its a 2 TB Toshiba 7200RPM drive but for some reason it copies and moves files really slowly. the problem of programs not launching is intermittent but i noticed that in normally occurs when the disk usage is at 50%+ but the strange thing is that the 50%+ disk usage is coming from programs that only utilizing less than 1MB read or write. is there any suggestions that anyone can give me other than getting a new drive because i dont have the money for a new drive.

 

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after some more digging the issue seems to be that my storage disk is running at 100%active time. ive tried disabling super fetch and windows search . i run my OS (Windows 10) from a 240 GB ssd and use my 2TB toshiba HDD to store games and stuff on but evrytime at startup it gets pinned at 100% usage and i dont know why, since i cant tell which programs are running from witch drive

 

 

 

I included a dxdiag.txt file for the specs and stuff.

 

my antivirus is 'trend micro Titanium' i also have 'PC Cleaner Platinum' installed as well as 'driver navigator' 

DxDiag.txt

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Try a S.M.A.R.T hdd scanner, your hard drive is probably failing

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Check S.M.A.R.T, the hard drive is probably throttling.

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1. Download HDTUNE and check the disk health or scan for bad sector. 

2. You can try run the built-in benchmark.

3. If you're copying many small size files it will take much much longer.

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4 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

1. Download HDTUNE and check the disk health or scan for bad sector. 

2. You can try run the built-in benchmark.

3. If you're copying many small size files it will take much much longer.

would crystal disk info have something similar?

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1 hour ago, Tri_stand said:

would crystal disk info have something similar?

Check if your HDD is failing first, I recommend this software http://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup.htm

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1 hour ago, Tri_stand said:

would crystal disk info have something similar?

Check if your HDD is failing first, I recommend this software http://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup.htm

Desktop: i7-6700K / Asus Z170 S / H100i V2 / LPX 2400Mhz 16GB / 960 EVO 250GB / 2x 860 EVO 500GB / RM750i  / NZXT H440 XB271H + Z22n Monitors

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okay so after a little more digging it seems that my hdd is stuck at 100% disk usage or active time. but i dont know what program is using my disk because i have the OS running off my SSD and the and the  2TB Toshiba is the storage drive. 

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