100% Disk Usage in Windows: 12 Things to Try

⚛️ 100% disk usage can happen for many different reasons. I'll review the most common and give you recommendations for each.

⚛️ 100% disk usage?
1. Check whether your anti-malware software is scanning.
2. Perform an anti-malware scan.
3. Check for the content indexer indexing files.
4. Examine your RAM usage and virtual memory impact.
5. Examine tools like Dropbox rebuilding their indexes.
6. Look for hard disk errors with Chkdsk /R.
7. Consider upgrading to an SSD.
8. Turn off Superfetch.
9. Check for the state of defragging.
10. Reset the page and swap files.
11. Update Windows.
12. Check for firmware and driver updates.

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Chapters
0:00 100% Disk Usage
0:55 Clarity: usage versus usage
2:40 Check whether your anti-malware software is scanning
3:55 Perform an anti-malware scan
4:20 Check for the content indexer indexing files
7:30 Examine your RAM usage and virtual memory impact
8:15 Reference http://askleo.com/1925
10:00 Check for tools like Dropbox rebuilding their indexes
12:00 Look for hard disk errors with Chkdsk /R
13:35 Consider upgrading to an SSD
14:45 Turn off Superfetch
16:30 Check for the state of defragging
18:00 Reset the page & swap files
19:00 Update Windows
19:40 Check for firmware and driver updates

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