Disk usage 100% Win10 solved!

[ComputerRepairTech]

Every time you guys ran into this was performance impacted? I had one a while back where the disk didn't appear to be doing anything out of the ordinary. I'm talking full disk activity software watching it access every registry entry and everything and there was nothing out of the ordinary. The user claimed the computer was slow because of it but everything was fast and snappy including HDD read/write/access benchmarks.

 

[cam w]

Every time you guys ran into this was performance impacted?

When I first got the device and during trouble shooting it froze up solid a couple of times. I had to do a hard shut down.

 

[sapphirescales]

Every time you guys ran into this was performance impacted?

Every. Single. Time. I don't enjoy 2 minute startups and having it take 25 seconds to launch Chrome the first time (subsequent starts of Chrome took about 8 seconds). These systems perform like a low-end Packard Bell in the 90's with dial-up internet.

A fresh install of Windows 10 with a hard drive is just as slow as a 3 year old malware infested Windows 7 install with all the bloatware from HP. If you keep "fast startup" turned on, startup is a LITTLE faster, but then you get the lack of stability that comes with never really turning your computer off. No thanks.

 

[cypress]

I haven't had this issue with i5, 8GB RAM computers on a normal hard drive. But they are pretty common on anything lower spec than that. I do agree that the SSD pretty much fixes it all up.

 

[Adept PC Repair]

I have to say this is new to me, the only time I've ever noticed a major issue I assume Windows updates are downloading and sure enough they are everytime.

Are these Windows 10 systems without the creators update? Perhaps things are being prepared in the background ready for this?

 

[sapphirescales]

I haven't had this issue with i5, 8GB RAM computers on a normal hard drive. But they are pretty common on anything lower spec than that. I do agree that the SSD pretty much fixes it all up.

In my experience the processor and RAM don't matter when it comes to this issue. Now if you have a newer HDD with I/O speeds approaching 200MB/s then it's tolerable. But if you have an older hard drive with 60-100MB/s it's unbearable. Hence why the SSD (with speeds between 250MB/s and 550MB/s for SATA II and III) fixes the issue.

I now test all old hard drives that I get from when clients upgrade their computers to SSD's. If they're on the faster side, I keep them and recommend them to clients with limited budgets. Not the best practice using used hard drives, but I test them thoroughly and I make sure that the client knows they're used and only carry a 30 day warranty.