How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows

 

How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows


Hello and Welcome. Today we are going to help you with another irritating issue you face when you are using Windows PC. I think every Windows PC user must have encountered this problem at least once in their lifetime of using computers. 

When you start your computer or while you are working, usage of the Internal Hard Drive might go up to 100%. You can experience of series lagging of your programs and also the slow function of the Windows as well. And not only by the lagging but the HDD activity light or the Hard Drive activity indicator (this led is usually red color) is stays on. This LED should be blinking normally but when the HDD is 100% in usage it is not. So, let’s get started.

First you have to open the “RUN” program on Windows. You open it by Pressing Window key + R or Right Click on Start Icon and click the “RUN”. After that type “services.msc” and hit Enter or press OK.

How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows


How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows

How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows


on the opened window scroll down and find the name “SysMain” then simply Right Click on it and select Properties. On the opened window choose the Startup type to Disabled. Then Click on Apply and OK. Once it is done just Right Click on the “SysMain” again and click on Stop.


How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows

So, the next service now we are looking for is “Connected Devices Platform Service” disabling this will not affect your PC because it is not used by many. So, like before Right Click on the mentioned service and click on stop. Again, like before Right click on the service and choose the Startup type to Disabled and Apply then hit ok.


How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows

The next step is you will have to go the “This PC” and Right Click on C Drive. Go to Properties. In that window go to the tab “Tools” click on the button called “Optimized” under Optimize and defragment drive. On the opened window, make sure the “Scheduled optimization” is Turned off. This is also a thing that make your drive usage bring up to 100%. So, if it is saying turned on, turn it off from the button on the right side.


How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows


How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows


The next step is Update your Windows. So go to Start and type Update. Go to “Windows Update settings” and check for updates. If there any available update it. Make sure to install all the latest update from the windows update because the Microsoft patches related to these updates cause this issue. So, updating the windows regularly also should fix the issue most of the times. Once all done, Restart the computer.

How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows

How to Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows


After the restart make sure to follow this last step even though your issue has fixed. Right click on Taskbar and click on “Task Manager”. On their click the tab “Startup”. In here, you can find the all the programs that are launching at the Startup of your PC.  Disable the all the unwanted programs by select and click on the Disable button at the right below corner. And that is all for today and hope your issue is fixed.


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