How to slow down disk usage in downloads.

[Qual]

I got ye olde 100% disk usage problem which is fine since I just want to download a game and do nothing else with my PC.

Problem is that when I leave it my computer freezes and I have to restart it to get it running again.

it's typically a decline from around 5MB to 0MB on everything then my computer freezing.

So i'm thinking that maybe just forcing it to use less will allow me to keep it running without having it freeze.

I am using Windows 10.

[Qual]

Would plugging in another hard drive into my computer increase the disk usage in the task manager?

[Forcen]

Increase? It wouldn't make it better when using your normal drive..

Tried disabling stuff like avast yet? or the advanced stuff?
Or this? https://www.howtogeek.com/134735/how-to-see-if-your-hard-drive-is-dying/

Consider this when you have finished that download: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/guide-to-using-check-disk-in-windows-vista/ (and windows 10)
Do the built in windows 10 thing only for now.

[Omega]

A high disk usage is normal during downloads. Especially if you have a slow drive. When downloading @ 25Mb/s I also max my HDD, this is normal.

Nothing you can really do about it besides decreasing the download speed.

[Qual]

Disabling Avast didn't seem to do anything. Crystal says my HDD is "good" and I already did Chkdsk before I posted on this forum.

The problem is Omega is that when I am trying to download my computer freezes so I can't actually download it. Since my Disk is at 100% when this happens and everything else is fine I assume that is why. I am not sure how to decrease the download speed.

[Omega]

Looking at the screenshot you posted earlier I can see that you have a WD Green, an older model from 2009.

WD Green drives are low-performance energy efficient drives. WD doesn't even make Green drives anymore, WD SSDs carry the Green name now. So your drive is at least 2-3 years old already but likely it's older then that.

A cheap modern WD Blue is twice as fast as your current drive. So this isn't the fastest drive ever but your PC shouldn't be freezing whenever you download something.

Since it's an older model I would check the SMART status using software such as Crystal Disk Info.

[Qual]

https://imgur.com/a/NIbCd

Picture of SMART status. Also the fact that I tried repair library troubleshoot from that article linked before. Caused the game to preallocate again then have to redownload even though I already have about 75% of the game.

Yay.

[Omega]

SMART can't detect anything wrong with the disk. But since the drive has 22000 hours on the clock I wouldn't rule out it being defective.


I am clueless to what the issue could be. I would run memtest86 to rule out the memory being the issue. Since I see you are running an odd amount, 7gb.

After that I would do a clean installation of Windows.

And if all that didn't solve the issue it's probably time to get a new drive.

[Qual]

got any ideas how to fix the issue of steam not seeing my download?

[Forcen]

Not seeing?
Rebooting your PC can't hurt.

[Qual]

Rebooting didn't seem to do anything.

[Qual]

https://imgur.com/a/QMh3d

found that setup in the folder and I hoped it would work. Made the top picture minus the top three folders.

I launched the exe that was in that folder and it made the top three folders. Now it does nothing.

[Forcen]

I still have no idea what the problem is.

It might be related to that game specifically, try installing any other steam game and see if that works.
If it's just ESO then ask in the ESO forums (right click the game)

[Qual]

I am just going to continually restart my computer when it crashes. I have been trying to fix it for a day and a half and nothing has worked so im going to throw in the towel.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

WD Green drives are low-performance energy efficient drives. WD doesn't even make Green drives anymore

Better say, they dont sell the blue ones anymore, they sell green as the new blue, so for games you must buy their expensive black ones.

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

But since the drive has 22000 hours on the clock I wouldn't rule out it being defective.

That number alone its not showing a reason for being defective.

Publicado originalmente por Qual:

I am just going to continually restart my computer when it crashes. I have been trying to fix it for a day and a half and nothing has worked so im going to throw in the towel.

The data integrity of your system is not given anymore. Something causes crashes.