What to do when Windows 10 loads the system disk by 100%
Vindovs / / December 19, 2019
One problem that often occurs in users of Windows 10 - is 100 percent loading of the disc. In Windows 10, there is a problem that affects both hard drives and solid state drives. In this case, system performance drops sharply. Until the complete freezing.
There are several ways to fix it. Try them one by one until you see the positive results.
Turn off Windows Search
10 Windows Indexing Service allows you to quickly search your files, but it can also create a high load on the HDD.
To stop the service for the current session (until reboot), open a command prompt. To do this, click "Start» → «All the programs» → «Standard». Click click "Command Prompt", right-click and select "Run as administrator". Then enter the following command:
net.exe stop "Windows search"
To permanently disable the indexing service, press the Windows + R, type services.msc, and press Enter. In the window that opens, the "Services" find Windows Search and double-click it. In the "Startup type" select "Disabled" and "Stop" to stop the service. Click "OK" to save your changes.
A few seconds after disabling Windows Search Windows 10 performance should improve significantly.
Turn off Windows Update
Windows Update also loads the drive to complete. This usually happens when problems downloading patches. You have several options:
- Just leave your computer updated. Wait until all the update files will be downloaded, and then restart Windows and allow it to install them. It may take a long time.
- Restart the computer and wait for Windows Update to solve the problem.
- Turn off the Windows 10 updateTo make sure that it is Windows Update downloads the disc is 100%.
If we update the disk is still overloaded, try the following methods.
Turn off Windows telemetry
Disable telemetry is possible not only to save system resources, but also to increase your privacy. Press Windows + R and type regedit, and to open the "Registry Editor." In the registry, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Policies / Microsoft / Windows / DataCollection.
Click on the item DataCollection right-click and create a new value DWORD (32--bit). Name it Allow Telemetry. Then double-click on it and set the value to 0. Restart Windows.
Disconnect diagnosis
Another common reason for a high boot disk - Windows 10 diagnostics service. You can disable it.
Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run:
sc config "DiagTrack" start = disabled
sc stop "DiagTrack"
In addition, you can also open the "Settings» → «System» → «alert and action" and turn off the "Get tipsRecommendations and suggestions when using Windows ». It can also reduce the load on the drive.
virtual memory
Windows writes to the virtual memory of the data from RAM, to reduce the amount of RAM. The growth of the virtual memory file also increases the load on the drive.
Open the "Control Panel» → «System Settings" and select "Advanced system settings." In the resulting window, select the "Advanced" tab. Then, in the section "Performance" click "Settings."
Here you will find the other "Advanced" tab, in which there is a section labeled "Virtual Memory". Click "Edit" and deselect "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives."
Select your Windows Disk (C :), and select "Custom size." It is best to enter a value 1.5 times your RAM. Then click "Install" and "OK."
Now you need to clean up temporary files in virtual memory. Press Windows + R and then type temp. When the temp directory, select all files (Ctrl + A) and delete them.
Turn off SuperFetch
SuperFetch service in Windows 10 is to increase the system performance by optimizing the launch of the most frequently used by you applications. In practice, it can provoke a high load on the drive.
You can disable it and see how it will affect the boot disk. Open a command prompt and type:
net.exe stop superfetch
Wait a few seconds to see if your disk performance improves. Then run an inspection command:
chkdsk.exe / f / r
To complete the test drive, your computer must be restarted.
The problem with PCI-Express
100 percent disk loading may be associated with an incorrect PCI-Express driver work. Open the "Device Manager" and expand the list of «IDE ATA / ATAPI controllers". Double click on the controller AHCI, open the tab "Driver" and then click "About driver."
If the path of the driver has a view C: /Windows/system32/DRIVERS/storahci.sysTherefore, the problem may be in it.
Click the "Details" and select "Path instance device" drop-down menu. Right-click and select "Copy." Copy the path to the device, for example, in the "Notepad".
Then press the Windows + R and type in regedit. The "Registry Editor" look for address HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet / Enum / PCI / vash_put_ekzemplyara_ustroystva. In it, expand Device Parameters / Interrupt Management / MessageSignaledInterruptProperties.
You will see MSISupported option in the right pane. Double click and set the value to 0. Click "OK" to confirm and restart Windows.
Note that before making changes to the registry would be nice to make it copy of.
High performance
Last try. Try to change the configuration of Windows 10 Power. In the standard mode, the drive power is often loaded at 100%. The transition to high performance mode can solve this problem. In this case, your computer will use more energy, why can decrease Laptop Battery life.
Press Windows + X, and then click the "Advanced Power Settings." Select "High Performance". A few minutes later the load on the drive should be reduced.
We hope that one of these recommendations will help you. If you know of any other ways to solve problems, share in the comments.
see also
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