100% Disk Usage in Windows 10 Fix Tips

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  • 100% Disk usage is common problem for lots of people. Today I want to show you how to fix 100% disk usage with a bunch of tips. Their is many reasons why you are suffering from 100% disk usage in Windows 10. I have listed some things that cause 100% disk usage and how to resolve them.
    1. A malfunctioning antivirus product or malware on computer
    2. A lot of active applications running in background
    3. Hard Drive is failing or bad
    4. A damaged or corrupt page file
    5. Windows Search index
    6. Some sort of bug with temporary files
    7. An Outdated Driver or Outdated Program
    8. Outdated Windows 10 or Corrupt Windows update
    9. Windows SuperFetch
    10. Synchronization tools running in background like One Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive
    These are just some of the common areas that cause 100% disk usage, please watch video to the end to resolve your problem.
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  • @Britec09
    @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    What could cause high disk usage in Windows 10? Drop us a LIKE 👍

    • @id-10-terror7
      @id-10-terror7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You forgot to put the links in the description

    • @akms828
      @akms828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In my experience, superfetch and windows defender.

    • @birdshots
      @birdshots 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      First item on your list ...disk failing...was my problem. Did a chkdsk to block the bad sectors then a scanow to get the system back to normal. Cloned the spinning to a ssd.

    • @TeksonikAudio
      @TeksonikAudio 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why delete my comment about the Windows service "WaaSMedic Agent.exe" ? It is responsible for high disk usage and serious system degradation.

    • @CoMmAnDrX
      @CoMmAnDrX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@akms828 I've been disabling SuperFetch/SysMain and Windows Search on clients system running a mechanical drive. It improves their performance greatly. I do offer a SSD upgrade but most choose not to go with the upgrade.

  • @geojohnson5613
    @geojohnson5613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you Brian. All good suggestions on 100% disk usage. It's maddening when get a system with that issue.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, so many things it could be.

  • @jerrytaz6982
    @jerrytaz6982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I cant thank you enough. I have had this problem for years and nothing I have done has fixed it. Turns out the issue for me was the sysdm.cpl and that, thank God, was the first thing I tried. I was getting 100% disk usage at start up and it would stay that way for hours and even days. I just rebooted twice and disk usage drops down to 10 to 30% almost immediately. I am going to try some of the other tips if I run into issues again. Thank you for a great video.

  • @realfaw
    @realfaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    How is your health mate? Saw your community post about being covid positive. Hope everythings fine :))

  • @intuitive.scorpio
    @intuitive.scorpio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks so much for making this video. I had a lot of these issues. Very helpful and thorough help tips. ✅💯

  • @Deliriant3
    @Deliriant3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful! Was able to fix my disk usage after the PAGEFILE step , got a decent working machine again thank you!

  • @michaelnorton6630
    @michaelnorton6630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank-you Brian - great video!!👍🏻 This is one of the problems I dread the most when a customer brings their PC/laptop into the shop as it's effectively working though a process of illimination on a machine running like a dog!!🐶
    One thing I also do as a matter of course after running a full anti-virus scan is run a second opinion malware scanner such as Malwarebytes and then run Windows SFC to check & fix any potentially corrupted files.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Malware is a video on its own, you can't rely on one scan from one program

  • @sagarbhadouria5915
    @sagarbhadouria5915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks man.. that's what i needed from a long time! 🤝

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No problem 👍

  • @obasaar68
    @obasaar68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello, Thank you for some incredible advice and tips! As always I am grateful for your attention and your time!

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are so welcome!

  • @Richie016
    @Richie016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Software utilities used in this video, are greatly useful for fixing hard drive performance and error messages in windows.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sure does

    • @malminstral
      @malminstral 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Britec09 Except the WD Dashboard only scans WD drives, I have 2 and it is good for them but my 3rd drive is something else and the Dashboard does not see it.

  • @MrPopalosus
    @MrPopalosus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Brian, how do you turn off indexing permanently ? You never got around to demonstrating it. This video has been immensely helpful for me. Thanks !

  • @kevintanaka4351
    @kevintanaka4351 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad to hear from you, again. Hope all is well with your health.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Getting better

  • @williamlinington9166
    @williamlinington9166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I use a programme called "Everything". It beats the snot out of Windows search. You are sounding better Brian.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am getting better William, thank you.

    • @seanmcgoldrick4870
      @seanmcgoldrick4870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everything search is the best by miles

  • @deaddevilking
    @deaddevilking ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome vid thanks for the help

  • @outlawstarr5209
    @outlawstarr5209 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very informative. Thank you.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @breakingthe4thwall260
    @breakingthe4thwall260 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    seems like i have noticed some driver installer programs have their own data base an others scan the actual manufactures data bases. Great video brian gonna save this one for if i ever need it.being as i am always working on other peoples machines i probably will need it.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad it will be of some use

  • @Aqtv.
    @Aqtv. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Britec I really like your content would it be possible for you to do a video about useful programs to have installed

  • @steviekek
    @steviekek 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yassssssss Was looking for a quick vid to watch...thx

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hope you like it!

  • @sediqullahsarwary103
    @sediqullahsarwary103 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well explained. Thanks

  • @MichaelCaliri
    @MichaelCaliri ปีที่แล้ว

    That indexing thing did it for me on my laptop Thanx

  • @user-cy9zf4oz2i
    @user-cy9zf4oz2i 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you for this video, the pagefile rebooting works wonder, went thru many videos from pros but none worked

  • @NightGamerForLife
    @NightGamerForLife 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you learned a few more things to try to look for before I wipe the customers computer. usually see if old HDD replace if not remove any free anti virus they have update pc full if not solved then just back up personal data and important appdata then wipe clean.

  • @tcm9394
    @tcm9394 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good information, thanks for your effort. Stay safe.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks, you too!

  • @nickbrown4762
    @nickbrown4762 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice tutorial, thanks you.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are welcome!

  • @charlesxix
    @charlesxix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What I'm confused about is that so many people came across the problem three or 4 months back more or less round about the same time. Was Microsoft doing something? Thanks for for another great video, hope you're coming on OK.

  • @ethimself5064
    @ethimself5064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot of territory covered/Thanks👍👍

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No problem 👍

  • @Setanyahu
    @Setanyahu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    tq bro, my 100% disk solve after clear the page file.

  • @ericcarver8363
    @ericcarver8363 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Welcome back!

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good to be back

  • @nicviolaris281
    @nicviolaris281 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Brian. This video is very helpful. Are you able to do a video on a problem when upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11. During the upgrade I get a message "We couldn't update the system reserved partition". Is this fixable? Based on the web it seems to be a common problem. In other terms my computer meets all requirements for Windows 11. Cheers

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      System Reserved Partition may be full, try extending that partition

    • @nicviolaris281
      @nicviolaris281 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Britec09 thanks Brian. I am searching for ways to do that without loosing data.

  • @dennisbatchos4232
    @dennisbatchos4232 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Long time follower, thank you for the great ideas. You might want to consider letting users know there could me a cost associated with product you recommend. Not meant to sound like a critical comment, please. You are the best, kind regards!

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, its a trial version, I don't use driver updaters, I use manufacturer websites

  • @bantymech8242
    @bantymech8242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hey Brian nice video.
    You can also right click on the drive and click properties and uncheck the file "allow all files to be indexed" which should be unchecked and hopefully this fixes and you can also get some performance in writing and reading disks especially on mechanical hard drives. And a disk cleanup is recommended.👍😉

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is correct

    • @hallmonitor98
      @hallmonitor98 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Apply changes to subfolders and files?

    • @markae0
      @markae0 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hallmonitor98 I did subfolders and files and it is taking a lot of time to do EVERYTHING on-in the drive.

  • @NightGamerForLife
    @NightGamerForLife 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you could show a simple video on how you back up customer data (non commercial) including google(user data) if you do. always happy to see your way of doing thing as I learn more ways and things I didn't think about.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great suggestion!

  • @TheUnaBoomer
    @TheUnaBoomer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You earned a subscriber

  • @kiney4473
    @kiney4473 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    my ssd boots up in like 5 minutes and is then at 100% all the time i allready got a new ssd and that didnt fix the problem also did a fresh windows install.
    is my ram or my motherboard broken? dont know what to do anymore

  • @primoroy
    @primoroy ปีที่แล้ว

    Every time I startup or reboot my computer I get about 10 or 15 minutes 100% disk usage that eventually dies down. Very frustrating because the computer is very sluggish. I'll go through this list to see if anything helps.

  • @ethimself5064
    @ethimself5064 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Realtek Audio has been at 2013 forever. Nice to know a new update is available. It will likely reset to default settings. When this happens one's audio volume will reduce radically. I found a fix for this - not remember now. I will post a setting to fix if this happens.

  • @theGabbynaut
    @theGabbynaut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr Brit. can you help me with a little thing ? i have like a reset of \Device\RaidPort0 and sometimes the pc freeze like for 30 secs or 1 min. can use everything but sometimes freeze all things. i try a lot of things but still the problem and idk if is the SSD or some driver u.u. ty.

  • @uhn100
    @uhn100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find the antimalware service uses a lot of performance and I have been unable to turn it off any suggestions

  • @BonnieTheBunnyF
    @BonnieTheBunnyF 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What’s the desktop wallpaper featured in this video?

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not sure

  • @johnhammond3482
    @johnhammond3482 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    western digitial dashboard dont work i keep getting a message cannot detect drives when i have installed it i have tryed it on windows 10 home 64bit and windoes 8,1 pro 64bit it just wont work

  • @MrJavix09
    @MrJavix09 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great information and video....but where are the links to the software mentioned?

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the description

  • @bryanbluez6705
    @bryanbluez6705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love you thank you 😊

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome 😊

  • @cravisbouyin4864
    @cravisbouyin4864 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Brian, how are you doing buddy? Hope things are pumping for you? Keep it real buddy!

  • @watup110875
    @watup110875 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    @6:14 I always multiply 1.5 x whatever the ram is, say 4096x1.5=6144. Seems to do fine

  • @Levi_02
    @Levi_02 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    my computer has gotten better thanks to your tips thanks bro

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad to hear it!

    • @Levi_02
      @Levi_02 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Britec09 much love from the philippines

  • @VSTV1993
    @VSTV1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Adobe Acrobat DC was my culprit

  • @johnsenchak1428
    @johnsenchak1428 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find that the swap/page file will lock up a computer when you are running a browser with a huge amounts of taps open, even using a SSD drive You should have mentioned the program system internals to find out processes that run at 100 percent

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, wanted to keep this as basic as possible

  • @ethimself5064
    @ethimself5064 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Storage Sense - mine is turned off as it rarely showed anything. I clear unwonted files by: Disc Cleanup, Ccleaner. Prefetch Delete, Task Manager/Google files and Chrome History and Cached Images and Files. I truly wish there was a method of controlling the size of the Prefetched files as I find that if they get too big things slow down, likely in the range of 5MB+.
    I have also noticed that at about 2+ MB of Windows Log Files will slow down things as I have noticed time and time again when I delete then via Ccleaner my computer instantly speeds up - I spend 99% of my time in TH-cam. Wow, quite the story 🙄

  • @SliceGamer
    @SliceGamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro my disk health shows caution. What should i do

  • @Ricovette
    @Ricovette 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for this upload! Thumbs up from me as usual... Stay safe... Rico

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! You too!

  • @keithdalitso5175
    @keithdalitso5175 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would downgrading to an earlier version of windows 10 fix this problem?

  • @welshtony1
    @welshtony1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dang this is allot of info, my poor head haha
    Will come in handy next time this happens

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You love it

  • @gernblanston4956
    @gernblanston4956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Killary Clinton gives Bleach Bit a big thumbs up

  • @OlettaLiano
    @OlettaLiano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An informative video, thanks. Fortunately, I'm having no disk problems at the current time. All of my drives are NVMe Gen4 M.2's.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for sharing

  • @calvingonzales6563
    @calvingonzales6563 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @TWOBITONEGUY
    @TWOBITONEGUY 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This really kills me when I use my laptop for me what I can see is the windows update it take about ten hours to update

  • @0van.g.uard0
    @0van.g.uard0 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mine comes and goes, itll just randomly hit 100%, ill do a bunch of stuff to try and fix it and it wont help, itll then drop to 0 for a few weeks

  • @firedevzz
    @firedevzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi does Toshiba have a dashboard so like your wd drive did? I have an nvme ssd, but i couldn't find any monitoring software from Toshiba.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can still use that software with Toshiba hard drives

    • @firedevzz
      @firedevzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Britec09 okay! Thanks a lot Britec! Keep the good work up 👍

  • @jayman6905
    @jayman6905 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had this problem and the only sure solution I found was buy an ssd, clone your HDD and replace it. Everything else as suggested by many like sysmain etc made very little and very temporary difference

  • @ethimself5064
    @ethimself5064 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    WD Support for any mechanical drive? Not mentioned. 👍👍As usual

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes it supports all mechanical drive

    • @ethimself5064
      @ethimself5064 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Britec09 Kool - Great advice

  • @lerssilarsson6414
    @lerssilarsson6414 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just waitin' for the patch, update or whatever...

  • @PinkManGuy
    @PinkManGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Uhhh, okay?? What are we supposed to check in Crystal Disk Info???????

  • @tomyyoung2624
    @tomyyoung2624 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes ps2??

  • @Joseph1NJ
    @Joseph1NJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What are the first four words he opens every video with? What you guys got?

  • @panikos405
    @panikos405 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello britec09 I have 100% usage of cpu when I start my pc after my usage is normal around 20-30%, I open task manager and order the process with cpu usage and I saw system take 50% and after system interupt like 20-25%, should I reinstall windows 10 with your method without losing data will fix this problem ?

  • @NightGamerForLife
    @NightGamerForLife 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Slow Spinney Disk that is 10 years old usually the case then you replace it to real SSD and it's good. If SSD is slow it's usually defective or more rarely had some corrupted windows services that went nuts over time on machines that didn't do regular updates

  • @andrewlock3480
    @andrewlock3480 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Usually Ram, HDD fault in my experience

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Memory leaks are also a problem

  • @zwz.zdenek
    @zwz.zdenek 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When a drive is failing, the system always hangs when it hits the bad sector. I've never had it cause still working slowdowns.
    In practice, it mostly happens when somebody decides to upgrade an underpowered PC with the new Windows. Just suck up the fact that you need to buy hardware to get a good user experience.

  • @EthanWinters12
    @EthanWinters12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the last tip if nothing works just buy an ssd

    • @R.O.T.C._SEEM
      @R.O.T.C._SEEM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I'm about to because this crap is ridiculous. $1800 laptop runs like my mom's computer from 99 pc

  • @TeksonikAudio
    @TeksonikAudio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why delete my comment about the Windows service "WaaSMedic Agent.exe" ? It is responsible for high disk usage and serious system degradation.

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did not delete your comment

  • @WrestlingFace
    @WrestlingFace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👑🖥️🚑

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You love it

  • @daveadams6421
    @daveadams6421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What I've found over the years is that too many people have too much junk running on their systems Numerous apps running at startup and in the background - most of which is never actually used but installed by vendors. Get rid of this type of crud 😎

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah I agree

  • @cravisbouyin4864
    @cravisbouyin4864 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙂😏👱🤞

  • @thenuwarabandara9431
    @thenuwarabandara9431 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    first

  • @flipflopski2951
    @flipflopski2951 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    MX Linux with Plasma desktop... Fixed!

  • @Anirbansinha24
    @Anirbansinha24 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nothing works, get an ssd,

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      everyone should have the main drive as SSD in 2021

    • @Anirbansinha24
      @Anirbansinha24 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Britec09 yup

  • @ComeonWindows
    @ComeonWindows 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you're getting 100% disk usage on an nvme drive, you've got something wrong at the software level for sure.

  • @glinssimon1747
    @glinssimon1747 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1 659

  • @gordoncowie3808
    @gordoncowie3808 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Too much long story ! Bud

  • @jnjfeelnbest8648
    @jnjfeelnbest8648 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    poor sound

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sound is fine, must be your end.

  • @NoneYaBiz5
    @NoneYaBiz5 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    All these suggestions are completely useless. Either wipe the drive and do a fresh install or upgrade to a SSD to solve the issue.