{"id":12764,"date":"2017-05-09T19:33:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T14:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=12764"},"modified":"2017-05-09T19:33:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T14:03:57","slug":"fix-100-disk-usage-error-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/fix-100-disk-usage-error-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix 100% Disk Usage Error in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windows, similar to some other operating system, is\u00a0probably to errors, and sometimes, it\u2019s a bit on the considerable side. As the OS has matured over the years, the number of common errors has reduced, but unfortunately, a few ones have begun popping up. One unique error that we see on Windows 10, and that initiated with Windows 8 and 8.1, is the 100% Disk Usage Error. Efficiently, what this does is scale your hard disk utilization to full, resulting in the whole thing slowing down to a crawl and a totally unable to follow the end user.<\/p>\n[ad type=\u201dbanner\u201d]\n

Note<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

This article exactly discussing about Windows 10, even though the solutions can apply to previous versions of Windows as well.<\/p>\n

What causes the 100% Disk Usage Error<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

There are variety of reasons behind it, generally, this error is caused by some\u00a0Windows services like Superfetch, Prefetch, BITS and Windows Search. While these factors are the usual suspects, they\u2019re not the only ones. Additionally it including malware, Flash and even a really old and slow hard drive.<\/p>\n

Determining if you have the 100% Disk Usage Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

Determining that actually are facing this error is easy until now, because we don\u2019t want to go around making changes to your computer for nothing. Even though slowness of your machine will be a fairly good indicator, you can verify the issue by pulling up the\u00a0Task Manager<\/strong>\u00a0in Windows 10 (just hit Start and start typing Task Manager, or press CTRL + Shift + Esc). In the\u00a0Processes tab<\/strong>, the Disk column will be showing 100% if the error exists. if not, you\u2019ll see something similar to the screenshot below.<\/p>\n

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How to Fix 100% Disk Usage Error in Windows 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fixing the 100% Disk Usage Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assuming your machine is suffering from this issue, here\u2019s how you can fix it:<\/p>\n

1. Do a virus scan of your Windows 10 computer<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

This may seem like a general, until now it\u2019s critical that you perform this action as your first remedy in this case. Several times a\u00a0malware infection can be the culprit<\/strong>\u00a0and you can do whatever else you want, it won\u2019t fix the issue. Improved to be sure earlier in this case.\u00a0You can use any\u00a0 antivirus software\u00a0for this purpose.<\/p>\n[ad type=\u201dbanner\u201d]\n

2. Disable Windows 10 Superfetch service<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Superfetch is one of those Windows services that will continuously have the possible of delivering a user experience. The idea behind Superfetch is that Windows will learn from your usage habits and \u201cguess\u201d which applications\/services you\u2019re most likely to use next. Based on this prediction, the OS will cache those apps and programs to the RAM, so they\u2019ll load faster. Now, in system which is the fantastic concept, but unless you\u2019re a robot that\u2019s programmed to follow a particular routine, Superfetch\u2019s predictions are bound to failure from time to time. Because the service is busy pulling all those predicted app files and data from your hard disk, you get the 100% Disk Usage error.<\/p>\n

Disabling Superfetch is simply disabling any other Windows service. In Windows 10\u2019s search, type\u00a0Services<\/strong>\u00a0and open the Services dialog. Within here, find the\u00a0Superfetch service<\/strong>, and\u00a0right-click<\/strong>\u00a0to get to\u00a0Properties<\/strong>. Here,\u00a0Stop<\/strong>\u00a0the service and in\u00a0Startup type<\/strong>, make sure it says\u00a0Disabled<\/strong>. Press OK and restart your Windows 10 computer.<\/p>\n

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How to Fix 100% Disk Usage Error in Windows 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. Disable Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

BITS is another Windows 10 service that\u2019s supposed to be helpful but can turn out to be quite the opposite. The idea behind BITS is that when your computer is idle, the bandwidth can be used for Windows Update, Windows Defender. While it usually works fine on newer machines, older hardware can actually suffer while BITS tries to decrypt when the computer is actually idle.<\/p>\n

Disabling BITS will be simply disabling the Superfetch service, except that in this case, you\u00a0won\u2019t disable the startup altogether<\/strong> instead you\u2019ll choose for\u00a0Manual<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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How to Fix 100% Disk Usage Error in Windows 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. Disable Windows Search<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

This is one of those \u201csolutions\u201d that generally\u00a0not recommend unless absolutely necessary<\/strong>. Windows has had a very robust search function that indexes everything on your machine, making it easier to find files and all other content. While the feature is all great, one rather persistent bug has been the \u201csearch loop\u201d, where a system running Windows will endlessly re-index files and folders done. One quick way to identify if this is the cause of 100% Disk Usage is\u00a0very low CPU<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Memory<\/strong>\u00a0usage in Task Manager alongside 100% Disk Usage.<\/p>\n

Here the drill is again the same find\u00a0Windows Search<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Services<\/strong>,\u00a0right-click<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0Properties<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Stop<\/strong>\u00a0the service while\u00a0disabling<\/strong>\u00a0the startup.<\/p>\n

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How to Fix 100% Disk Usage Error in Windows 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5. Disable Windows 10 Prefetch<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Windows 10 packages feature to complement Superfetch. While Superfetch caches data to RAM based on estimating, Prefetch works when you launch those applications. Really, Prefetch records information on files that are used by any given application, and then pulls those files to RAM to improve app loading times.<\/p>\n

Because it\u2019s again intelligent guessing by the OS, there is a chance that the Prefetcher will error and it does. when it does, disabling it remains your logical choice. However, Prefetch isn\u2019t your standard Windows service and tuning it required making changes to Windows Registry, which is why we recommend this as a very\u00a0last-resort solution<\/strong>\u00a0only.<\/p>\n

To open the Registry Editor, type\u00a0regedit<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Windows 10 search bar<\/strong>\u00a0and press Enter. In the folder tree, navigate to the following location<\/p>\n

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CURRENTCONTROLSET\\CONTROL\\SESSION MANAGER\\MEMORY MANAGEMENT\\PREFETCHPARAMETERS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the right-side pane, you\u2019ll see an entry for\u00a0EnablePrefetcher<\/strong>. Double-click it and change the\u00a0DWORD<\/strong>\u00a0value from\u00a03 (default) to 0\u00a0<\/strong>to completely disable the service. You may also put in\u00a01<\/strong>\u00a0as the DWORD value, which will keep Prefetcher partially enabled but disabled for boot files.<\/p>\n

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How to Fix 100% Disk Usage Error in Windows 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0Note:<\/strong> You\u2019ll need to restart your computer for all these changes to take effect<\/p>\n

6. Run CheckDisk<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

CheckDisk is one of the command line tools at the disposal of Windows users, and one that\u2019s usually helpful. This will come in close if there\u2019s a problem with the physical hard drive, the folder tree or anything of that nature with your Windows installation. The best approach towards running CheckDisk is to do so when your system reboots, so you\u2019ll need to actually schedule for that.<\/p>\n

Introduction an\u00a0elevated command prompt<\/strong>\u00a0(type\u00a0cmd<\/strong>\u00a0in Windows 10 search bar, right-click and select\u00a0\u201cRun As Administrator\u201d<\/em>) and run the following command:<\/p>\n

CHKDSK \/F\u2019 \/R C:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

where\u00a0C: will be replaced<\/strong>\u00a0by whatever drive letter you\u2019ve assigned to your Windows installation.\u00a0You\u2019ll see a message within command prompt that will ask you to confirm whether you\u2019d like to\u00a0run CheckDisk on next system reboot<\/strong>. Acknowledge with a\u00a0Y<\/strong>, and restart your computer. CheckDisk might take some time to finish, but it can be very useful not just for 100% Disk Usage error but some other issues\u00a0too.<\/p>\n

7. Disable Windows Tips<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Windows 10 offers tips about the operating system from time to time, and disabling those seems to have helped mitigate the 100% Disk Usage error for a variety of people. We note this here because you won\u2019t be losing much in disabling those tips, and it\u2019s easy to do. Just go to\u00a0Settings<\/strong>, then to\u00a0System<\/strong>\u00a0and then\u00a0Notification & Actions<\/strong>. Disable \u201cShow me tips about Windows<\/strong>\u201d in this list, and before you know it.<\/p>\n

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