W10 Disk usage 100%

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Hello, i bought new laptop with windows 10 home edition, and it's even slower than old laptop with windows 7.
After some research i found out i'm not only one who have problems with windows 10.

More to the point , what i have done is :

1. Updated windows to newest version of 1903
2.Updated all drivers
3.Looked and completed few tutorials from youtube (disabled windows search, superfetch, and other few things)

But nothing helps, also memory is allways 70-80% even if i only use web browser.

What can i do, can someone help, obviously i don't want to reinstall windows 7 because i paid for w10 already :) Thanks!

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

complete specs?
software installed and startup items?

[[☥] - CJ -]

Windows update could be updating
Windows Defender could be active
Could have a Memory Leak
Finding out what process is using the most RAM would have been a good start

If your laptop uses a HDD, keep Superfetch enabled.

And how much RAM does the laptop have to begin with?

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Ryzen 3 2200u Radeon 535 4gb ram 1000gb hdd.

In start up i see : One drive, Realted hd audio and windows security notification , but only one drive set as high impact.
I have only installed steam, but there was installed Norton security already

[[☥] - CJ -]

Theres your answer
4GB RAM
Thats also possibly why the HDD is going crazy

Win10 should have no less than 8GB for optimal performance in general

If this is a new laptop id rather replace it with something with an adequate amount of RAM, or see about getting another 4GB stick if it has an open DIMM slot.

You can see if using Shutup10 to disable some stuff might help
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2421 Click the "Official Download Here" link, unzip to a folder on your desktop.

Click the Actions drop down list and click "Apply Only Recommended Settings"
Apply them then reboot the laptop.

If Windows Defender is giving you problems you can also use it to disable it if you scroll down and locate it, this can help with the HDD thrashing and sucking up necessary resources.

It can also be used to disable OneDrive if you have no use for it.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

more likely, you run out of physical memory (4GB) and then windows OS tries using virtual memory (pagefile) leading to a lot of 'read and write' to the hdd causing the increased disk usage.

afaik, norton in the past is a memory hog. id switch to another antivirus and jsut add another layer of pretection (malwarebytes free). norton or other antivirus, enable game mode.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Pretty much what i said lol
And Norton hasnt been a problem in MANYYYY years for resources
4GB is just terrible for a laptop

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Don't disable Superfetch if you have OS installed to a mechanical drive, this helps with caching. Now if an ssd, that should already be disabled as ssds won't need it.

Your new laptop, specs wise is terrible though, I'd return it and get a better one.
Nothing less than 8gb ram and an ssd.