Disk up to 100% while cpu is at an idle of 70% at times.

[PCaddictions]

Hello

I trust all you guys are well.

I was just wondering why my computer contantly forces itself to reboot during games and i found out that the cpu or the disk might be the cause. When I looked in task manager today its was at 99% - 100% and my pc would consistently start freezing. Same as with my cpu it sometimes goes up to 70-80%.

Any help would be great because I tried going to several pc stores such as ubreakitifix and a reapir shop in bestbuy. And the people at those places said my pc was fine -.-
plus this is a brand new computer and I and the people at the repair shopped ran system scans and malware scans.

Specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon x4 860
Graphics card: Nvidia GTX 1050
HDD: 1TB (when full it has 1tb. I currently have 856 gb left)

[Cassidy]

Hi, you may want to post this to the Hardware forum instead, as the users there are more likely to know what the problem is:

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/

[PCaddictions]

Originally posted by Nightenhelser:

Disable Superfetch

Is it safe to disable it?

[PCaddictions]

Originally posted by Nightenhelser:

Originally posted by PCaddictions | carry me pls :D:

Is it safe to disable it?

Yes. It is just a Windows service that is not required for Windows to run. All it does is preload apps so that they launch quicker but it can also cause the issue you've described.

just clicked disabled and clicked stop.. still at 99% disk space

[PCaddictions]

Originally posted by Nightenhelser:

Originally posted by PCaddictions | carry me pls :D:

just clicked disabled and clicked stop.. still at 99% disk space

You need to reboot.

Just got done rebooting... Disk is still is now at 99-100%

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by PCaddictions | carry me pls :D:

Originally posted by Nightenhelser:

You need to reboot.

Just got done rebooting... Disk is still is now at 99-100%

Just open task manager and see which applications are causing so much load on your disk.

[PCaddictions]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Originally posted by PCaddictions | carry me pls :D:

Just got done rebooting... Disk is still is now at 99-100%

Just open task manager and see which applications are causing so much load on your disk.

Ihave already tried that. And so have the people at the repair shop

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by PCaddictions | carry me pls :D:

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Just open task manager and see which applications are causing so much load on your disk.

Ihave already tried that. And so have the people at the repair shop

So what application is causing all the disk load? Is it a Windows service or 3rd party app?

[PCaddictions]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Originally posted by PCaddictions | carry me pls :D:

Ihave already tried that. And so have the people at the repair shop

So what application is causing all the disk load? Is it a Windows service or 3rd party app?

only steam atm.. when I turn off steam however, I still get jumps from 99% to 100%

[Ocsabat]

Originally posted by PCaddictions | carry me pls :D:

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Just open task manager and see which applications are causing so much load on your disk.

Ihave already tried that. And so have the people at the repair shop

What did the repair shop have to say?

[PCaddictions]

Originally posted by Ocsabat:

Originally posted by PCaddictions | carry me pls :D:

Ihave already tried that. And so have the people at the repair shop

What did the repair shop have to say?

When I told them my computer was crashing consistently they said it probably was the psu. So I payed them 179 to put a different psu in there to see if it changed anything and they said it is the same and the old one would be fine so they didnt charge me anything. Btw I currently have a 500watt power supply..

[PCaddictions]

Originally posted by Nightenhelser:

Originally posted by PCaddictions | carry me pls :D:

Just got done rebooting... Disk is still is now at 99-100%

Not sure. Recheck that superfetch is disabled but that is just one culprit. There are more causes that can cause this.

Troubleshooting steps: https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/fix-100-disk-usage-in-task-manager-improve-pc-performance-on-windows-10/

I very much appreciate all the help!
I will try and do some of the other stuff later as I might go on my other computer to play so I can get some competitive wins in.
However, I will let you know on this discussion(if you dont mind) when i tried all those opetions on that websire and see if it worked.

[Ocsabat]

Originally posted by PCaddictions | carry me pls :D:

Originally posted by Ocsabat:

What did the repair shop have to say?

When I told them my computer was crashing consistently they said it probably was the psu. So I payed them 179 to put a different psu in there to see if it changed anything and they said it is the same and the old one would be fine so they didnt charge me anything. Btw I currently have a 500watt power supply..

What did they say about disk activity in task manager?

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by PCaddictions | carry me pls :D:

So I payed them 179 to put a different psu in there

Your hdd is on 100% and cpu high too.....
and they not only try to sell you a psu
but
for
179
.....

[Glimmer]

Check Windows Update, two laptops I've dealt with this month have had issues with maxed disk activity, turns out they both needed the Creators Update, and once it was installed they dropped back to a more normal usage. I didn't care try and figure out if it was just a coincidence or if it's some form of poorly implemented pre-loading, but worth checking.

[PCaddictions]

Originally posted by Glimmer:

Check Windows Update, two laptops I've dealt with this month have had issues with maxed disk activity, turns out they both needed the Creators Update, and once it was installed they dropped back to a more normal usage. I didn't care try and figure out if it was just a coincidence or if it's some form of poorly implemented pre-loading, but worth checking.

Yea sorry if this was a later reply. But before you posted that comment i found out earlier i had to turn off windows update and i thinks its doing a little better now.