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akshu1999

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April 18th, 2020 00:00

100% Disk usage

From past 10 days my dell Inspiron 15 3567 laptop is showing 100 % Disk usage even when boot up when I open any app it jump to 100% I have already disabled sysmain and windows search what should I do now due to this issue my hard disk temperature is rising when boot up

  • Bharath Babu R

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    Posted April 18th, 2020 00:00

    Mention your Capacity of RAM, Disk and occupied capacity of both to suggest fixes.

  • akshu1999

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    Posted April 18th, 2020 01:00

    4GB RAM hdd is of 1 TB it is 75 % free

  • thomasnora93

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    Posted April 18th, 2020 07:00

    I am facing too.  Have done everything but not yet solved.

  • akshu1999

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    Posted April 26th, 2020 20:00

    I have done clean install of windows 10 and now my problem is sloved you can also try it but first take your data backup

  • AdrianG001

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    Posted April 27th, 2020 03:00

    Try the below method and see if it makes any difference.

    Disable or Delay Start the Windows Services


    If you seldom use such Windows services, it is better to disable them and fix the 100% disk usage.
    1. Use Windows shortcut keys Win + R to launch Run.
    2. Type services.msc and press the Enter.
    3. Locate to the Superfetch.
    4. Double click the Superfetch service for Properties.
    5. Select Automatic (Delay Start) from the drop-down menu of Startup type.
    6. Double click the HomeGroup Listener, the HomeGroup Provider and the Windows Search.


    Select Disable from the drop-down menu of Startup type.

     

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    Posted August 23rd, 2020 22:00

    I am facing the same issue and tried the above steps but still the problem exists. Mine is also 4 GB Ram and 1 TB hard disk with 70% free space. I have disabled the superfetch and prefetch services. Stopped the windows update service too. This 100% disk usage is causing system slowness.

  • akshu1999

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    Posted August 24th, 2020 07:00

    You should scan your system for viruses after that problem is not solved then clean install windows 10 it will work but please take data backup
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    Posted August 26th, 2021 21:00

    I had this problem for quite some time. After trying many things, what I think solved it was:

    1) Fix the Windows Update program

    2) Fix the Dell Update program

     

    Google to find out how.

  • XPS_Man

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    Posted August 27th, 2021 01:00

    MOST IMPORTANT :  KEEP THE LATEST WINDOWS UPDATES INSTALLED, IF YOUR MACHINE IS NOT RUNNING LATEST WINDOWS UPDATES THAN THIS ISSUE WILL NOT BE PERMANENTLY FIXED. 

     

    Additionally you can make following changes. 

    1. Run > MSCONFIG >> Services 

    Uncheck these services and reboot

    Background Intelligent Transfer Service 

    Connected User Experiences and Telemetry

    SysMain 

     

     

    2 Run >> REGEDIT 

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE : Software : Policies >> Microsoft >> Windows>> data Collection  

    On the right side do a right Click > New : DWORD (32 bit) and name it to “Allow Telemetry” 

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE  >> System CurrentControl Set  >> Services >>>> TimeBrokerSvc >> On the right-hand side change the value of the “Start” to 4 

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> System >> CurrentControl Set >> Control >> Session Manager >> Click on Memory Management >> Change the Value of “ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 1 

     

    Go to settings > privacy > diagnostics and feedback > Optional 

    Settings > System > Notifications > Turn every notification off 

    Setting > Privacy  > Background apps > Turn off 

     

    Reboot 

     

    Once again having latest windows update is must. Please check your windows build by Run > Winver 

    If you get any number like 2004 or below, you are running an old build and you should update your windows, by running Microsoft Upgrade assistance application. 

  • Laph9979

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    Posted November 10th, 2021 05:00

    I'm sure you found the solution by now, but I came across the same issue and found that if I run Services.msc and stopped the dell services it fixed the issue.  The service I ended up turning off/disabled was the dell service linked to installing software.  Once I turned that off it HDD usage dropped back to normal.