100% Disk Usage on Windows 10, What Is Going On?

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try stopping your windows indexing service with CMD with admin privileges
Code:
net.exe stop “Windows search”
did that. seems like nothing's been fixed.

Alright then, fuck this shit, I'll just reset my machine and keep my files. Sigh.
 

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Dude. I want to find a solution before doing that, is that bad if I want to not start over?
Start over what? Nothing gets deleted
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try these:

Open up a run dialog by holding down the Windows Key and pressing R. In the "Open" field, enter "services.msc". Look for "Windows Search" and "Superfetch."

Go to each of these entries. Right click on one and select "Properties." In the dropdown box labeled "Startup type," choose Disabled. After leaving the properties window, press "Stop" in the upper left corner. Do this for both.

From the Windows Menu, go to Settings, then go to System and then go to Notifications and Actions. Turn off "Show Me Tips About Windows". That's it. It takes maybe a minute or two to lower the disk usage and I would recommend ending any process in task manager that's making the disk usage go up in the meantime. Usage percentage should go down and stay around 1-2%.

don't know if they'll help, but still.
 

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Start over what? Nothing gets deleted
Except all your installed programs

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try these:

Open up a run dialog by holding down the Windows Key and pressing R. In the "Open" field, enter "services.msc". Look for "Windows Search" and "Superfetch."

Go to each of these entries. Right click on one and select "Properties." In the dropdown box labeled "Startup type," choose Disabled. After leaving the properties window, press "Stop" in the upper left corner. Do this for both.

From the Windows Menu, go to Settings, then go to System and then go to Notifications and Actions. Turn off "Show Me Tips About Windows". That's it. It takes maybe a minute or two to lower the disk usage and I would recommend ending any process in task manager that's making the disk usage go up in the meantime. Usage percentage should go down and stay around 1-2%.

don't know if they'll help, but still.
or just try
Code:
net.exe stop superfetch
to temporarily disable it

oh and maybe try uninstalling shockwave flash player. This caused problems for windows 10 for me too.

There could be a good chance your hard drive is dying, try a defrag and check your bad sectors.
 
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try these:

Open up a run dialog by holding down the Windows Key and pressing R. In the "Open" field, enter "services.msc". Look for "Windows Search" and "Superfetch."

Go to each of these entries. Right click on one and select "Properties." In the dropdown box labeled "Startup type," choose Disabled. After leaving the properties window, press "Stop" in the upper left corner. Do this for both.

From the Windows Menu, go to Settings, then go to System and then go to Notifications and Actions. Turn off "Show Me Tips About Windows". That's it. It takes maybe a minute or two to lower the disk usage and I would recommend ending any process in task manager that's making the disk usage go up in the meantime. Usage percentage should go down and stay around 1-2%.

don't know if they'll help, but still.
I'll try that.

Done the following, now rebooting. if it still is slow, I'll reset. rip my programs lol
 

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if you still have the installers from your programs, copy them to a flash drive before resetting. then you can install them easier. if you have to reset your PC, I recommend going back to Windows 8 or Windows 7, as they're typically far less buggy. or you could try Linux. one could do anything on Linux. can still run windows programs through WINE too.
 

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if you still have the installers from your programs, copy them to a flash drive before resetting. then you can install them easier. if you have to reset your PC, I recommend going back to Windows 8 or Windows 7, as they're typically far less buggy.
Thanks, but the machine came with Windows 10, and I'll keep it.

or you could try Linux. one could do anything on Linux. can still run windows programs through WINE too.
I actually run Linux Mint on my older laptop (the one I use right now lol) and it works great. i might consider installing it on a second partition.


Anyway, coming back from the issues. Nothing's fixed. the laptop is still slow as fuck.
Time to reset it all, I'm afraid. I won,t lose much, but time lol.
 

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looking at the previous furry joke wth did you do to it? :blink:
It was a troll.

So anyway reseting my PC is not working. I get this message: "the drive where windows is installed is locked. Please unlock to continue"
Help? I want to keep my data, sigh.
 

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It was a troll.

So anyway reseting my PC is not working. I get this message: "the drive where windows is installed is locked. Please unlock to continue"
Help? I want to keep my data, sigh.
Does your laptop have a DVD Drive? Maybe try a Windows 10 re-install with a disk or usb.
 

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Does your laptop have a DVD Drive? Maybe try a Windows 10 re-install with a disk or usb.
well I'll have to grab it again. I'll just leave it for now. Nothing works, and that's quite annoying.

I'm using the DVD drive indeed.
 

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well I'll have to grab it again. I'll just leave it for now. Nothing works, and that's quite annoying.

I'm using the DVD drive indeed.
Yeah well good luck. I have a feeling your HDD is dying. Maybe try out MediCat by @Jayro I use it all the time and the dev is pretty awesome.
 
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Yeah well good luck. I have a feeling your HDD is dying. Maybe try out MediCat by @Jayro I use it all the time and the dev is pretty awesome.
I'll take that in consideration. thanks for your help.

As long as I could backup my data, it's fine.
 
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