Disk Usage At 100% When Downloading and Downloads Become Very Choppy

[5manrocks1]

Just recently when I've been trying to download anything via Steam, the downloads become very choppy and I notice that my disk usage is always at 100%. I'm not very educated when it comes to computer parts and such, so I'm guessing that the disk being at 100% is what's causing it. It hasn't been like this ever since I got the drive 9+ months ago, so I'm pretty positive that it isn't just a slow drive. I've very briefly used CrystalDiskInfo to check my drive's 'health' and it said it was good (I didn't really know what everything the application was displaying but the health was good, so I'm assuming that it's fine). I thought the issue was just going to go away because it's happened before, but only for an hour or two. It's been over two days and the issue hasn't resolved itself and I can't find any forums with my specific problem.

[5manrocks1]

Forgot to mention that it's only Steam with this problem. Downloads via Origin or Uplay are fairly stable and at the right speed.

[Tev]

While you said "download anything via Steam"; since your profile is private, could you list some of the games you have this issue with?

Have you tried this?

• Refreshing Steam Client Files
  
  • https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

Have you tried installing in a different place on the disk? / On a different disk, if you have more than one? [Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders]

Do you have anything on this list?

• Programs Which May Interfere With Steam
  
  • https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289

Would the issue persist, if you tried Selective Startup?

• Disabling Background Applications
  
  • https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8043-EUJN-5239
    

    If the issue doesn't persist, try enabling the programs in batches and see where it stops working in order to help narrow down the culprit

[5manrocks1]

I'm currently trying the first fix you posted. Some games are ARK: Survival Evolved and H1Z1: King of the Hill. I thought it was only happening with ARK because after ARK I downloaded XCOM 2 and the download was smooth, but it happened again with H1Z1, so I figured it was time to find a fix.

[5manrocks1]

Downloads seem to have been fixed. Thanks for your help.

[Tev]

Originally posted by 5manrocks1:

Downloads seem to have been fixed. Thanks for your help.

May I ask what triggered it for you?

[5manrocks1]

I honestly have no idea. I don't know what I would've done recently that could have caused this.

[† ร๓ยяƒ †]

old post, but very relevant to my current issue, trying to get back into ark, but having this exact issue...

[ゼロ以下]

I FOUND A SOLUTION(at least for me) : I noticed that for no reason the disk had turned on the scheduled defragmentation. I just turned it off and poof everything is normal again. I am using windows 10 x64

[Buttersquatch]

Have you tried installing in a different place on the disk? / On a different disk, if you have more than one? [Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders]


So what i did to fix the issue was went to the steam library folders and then the drive that my games are on i right clicked and then clicked the repair folder and it worked.

[imcoolrickyo]

I'm currently having this issue and I can't seem to find a fix. I have tried everything on the list that you guys suggested. The problem is that while I'm downloading Ark on the Steam client it jumps my disk use up to 90-100% constantly. On top of that it will be downloading at 5 mb/s then all of a sudden just be at 0 mb/s. If I try downloading it like this it's going to take roughly 8 hours. If someone knows of a fix I could download the game in an hour and a half. Please let me know.

Update: I noticed that when I open steam my "system" is also very high on disk use. It doesn't seem like anything else I open makes my "system" jump up.

[Bree]

Originally posted by Scrub Tricks:

I'm currently having this issue and I can't seem to find a fix. I have tried everything on the list that you guys suggested. The problem is that while I'm downloading Ark on the Steam client it jumps my disk use up to 90-100% constantly. On top of that it will be downloading at 5 mb/s then all of a sudden just be at 0 mb/s. If I try downloading it like this it's going to take roughly 8 hours. If someone knows of a fix I could download the game in an hour and a half. Please let me know.

Update: I noticed that when I open steam my "system" is also very high on disk use. It doesn't seem like anything else I open makes my "system" jump up.

Im having the exact same problem, let me know if you fix it, I will aswell. This is only happening on Steam

[smoo]

Same issue for me, also ark. But then he loads some stuff again, and then again disk usage. I think it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ optimization on Ark's part. The downloaded portions need to be integrated into the game (which takes a while) and then it downloads again? Very weird.

[Aqua/H2O/Water (Stay hydrated)]

Sorry for nerco but none of you seem to get the point here. Ark is a huge game and it's sends the data in compressed files, your computer works at Uncompressing them while downloading so it will suddenly stop. If you are legitimately having this problem on games that don't send in comprised files (the reason they comprise them is to save the consumers data and also on sending less GBs but if you have a slow PC then it will take a while to decompress).

[Lagaratus]

its 16.10.2018 and i fixed with easier way then it should be but it worked. here how it is.

open your task manager.
right click to *steam client bootstraper*
resource values > disk

and change it to percentages. thats it. idk why it works like that but it just worked. hope it will help.