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How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows 10

By: Waseem Patwegar

In case your computer has become painfully slow, freezes and hangs up frequently, it is likely that you are dealing with High Disk Usage on your computer. You will find below the steps to fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows 10.

Fix 100% Disk Usage Error in Windows 10

100% Disk Usage in Windows 10

Typically 100% Disk Usage in Windows 10 leads to a painfully slow computer, even though you only have few programs open on your computer.

To confirm, whether your computer is suffering from High Disk Usage, right-click on the Start button and click on Task Manager.

Task Manager Option in Windows 10

On the Task Manger Screen, click on the Processes tab and take a look at the Disk column.

High Disk Usage in Windows Task Manager Screen

Your computer is suffering from 100% Disk Usage, if the Disk Column is marked Red in colour and you are looking at high disk usage number (88 ~ 100%).

You will find below a number of solutions to fix 100% Disk usage in Windows 10. Depending on your case, you may only need a few of these solutions to fix High Disk Usage problem on your computer.

1. Prevent Skype From Running in Background

By default, the Skype program starts automatically with your computer and stays active in the background, using up resources on your computer.

In general, you should be able to see considerable reduction in Disk Usage just by preventing Skype from starting automatically on your computer.

For this you can follow steps as provided in this article: How to Stop Skype From Running in Background in Windows 10

2. Disable Tips, Tricks & Suggestions

Get Tips, Tricks and Suggestions feature in Windows 10 has been linked to slowing down of computer by some users.

1. Go to Settings > System > Notifications & actions and disable Get tips, tricks, and suggestions option.

Disable Get tips, tricks and suggestions as you use Windows Option

2. Restart your computer and you may be surprised to see it running faster than before.

3. Change Chrome Settings

Chrome Browser has been caught using high resources. You can easily prevent Chrome from using high resources on your computer by disabling its Prediction service.

1. Open Chrome Browser on your computer > click on 3 dots icon > Settings in the drop-down menu.

Chrome Icon and Settings Option

2. On the Chrome Settings screen, scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click on Advanced.

Advanced Tab in Google Chrome Browser

3. Scroll down to “Privacy & Security” section and disable the option to Use Prediction service to load pages more quickly.

Disable Prediction Service in Chrome Browser

4. Change File Explorer Options

1. Right-click on Start > File Explorer

Open File Explorer on Windows PC

2. On the File Explorer screen, click on View > Options.

File Explorer Options Tab in Windows 10

3. On the next screen, click on the Search tab and uncheck Don’t use index, Include Compressed files, Always search file names options

File Explorer Search Options Screen

4. Click on OK to save this setting on your computer.

5. Disable Windows Search

Windows Search can use a lot of system resources, especially if it goes into a search loop or runs constantly in the background.

To see if Windows search is causing 100% Disk Usage, disable Windows search on a temporary basis and see if this helps.

Open Task Manager > expand Microsoft Windows Search Indexer > right-click on Windows Search and click on Stop.

Stop Windows Search Service in Task Manager

If you find the Disk Usage Percentage going down after disabling Windows Search, you can consider disabling Windows Search on a permanent basis.

1. Right-click on the Start button and click on Run.

Run Option in Windows 10

2. In the Run command window, type services.msc and click on OK.

Run services.msc Command In Windows 10

3. On the next screen, right-click on Windows Search and click on Properties.

Open Windows Search Properties

4. On Windows Search Properties screen, set Startup Type to Disabled.

Disable Windows Search Service

5. Click on Apply and OK to save these changes on your computer.

6. Disable SuperFetch Service

While the SuperFetch Service in Windows 10 can improve the performance of certain applications, it is associated with High Disk Usage and known to cause problems on older and budget computers with 4 GB or less RAM.

1. Open Run Command > type services.msc and click on OK.

Run services.msc Command In Windows 10

2. On the next screen, right-click on SuperFetch and click on Properties.

Open Superfetch Properties in Windows 10

3. On the SuperFetch Properties screen, set the Startup type to Disabled.

Disable Superfetch Service in Windows 10

4. Click on OK to save this setting on your computer.

7. Change Virtual Memory Management Settings

1. Right-click on This PC and click on Properties.

Open This PC Properties on Windows PC

2. On the next screen, click on Advanced system settings

Advanced System Settings Option in Windows 10

4. On System Properties screen, click on Advanced > Settings button in Performance section (See image below).

Advanced Performance Settings Option in Windows 10

5. On the performance Options screen, click on Advanced > Change button in Virtual Memory section.

Change Virtual Memory Settings Option in Windows 10

6. On the Virtual Memory screen, uncheck Automatically manage option, check System Managed size option and click on OK.

Set System Managed Size For Virtual Memory On Windows PC

Make sure you Restart the computer for above changes to be implemented.

8. Disable MSI Mode in StorAHCI.sys Driver

If you are facing 100% Disk usage on a Windows 10 PC with SDD drive, the problem could be due to a firmware bug that prevents SSD drives from completing input/output requests.

1. Right-click on the Start button and click on Device Manager.

Open Device Manager in Windows 10

2. On the Device Manager screen, expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers > right-click on Standard SATA AHCI Controller and click on Properties.

Open Standard SATA AHCI Controller Properties

3. On the next screen, click on Driver > Driver Details.

Open SATA AHCI Controller Driver Details

4. If you see storachi.sys on the Driver Details Window, will have disable MS Mode for the Driver by using Registry Editor fix mentioned on Microsoft’s support page.

9. Check For Viruses and Malware

Presence of Viruses and Malware on your computer can cause a variety of problems, including 100% Disk Usage Error.

Hence, make sure that the Antivirus program on your computer is up to date. Also, make use of Microsoft’s free Malware Removal Tool to scan for Malware and fix problems on your computer.

10. Check Hard Drive For Errors

The problem of 100% Disk Usage in Windows 10 could also be due to problems with the Hard drive.

1. Right-click on the Start button and click on PowerShell Admin or (Command Prompt Admin) option.

Windows PowerShell Admin Option

2. On the PowerShell window, type chkdsk.exe /f  /r and press the Enter key on the keyboard of your computer. If you are prompted to schedule volume to be checked on next restart, type Y

Run chkdsk command in Windows PowerShell

3. Close the PowerShell Window, Restart your computer and patiently wait for Windows to scan the Hard drive for errors and repair bad sectors (if any).

Note: This process can take a very long time (5 to 12 hours or more).

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