14 Tips To Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows 10
14 Tips To Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows 10
14 Tips To Fix 100% Disk Usage in Windows 10
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Your computer is hanging. Same old Windows, right?
gaming fan.
Except you’re using a brand-new Windows 10 device;
you’ve only had it a few days. So just what is going on?
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(Alternatively, right-click the Taskbar and select Task
Manager.) Note that this may take some time to open
with the drive being under strain
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with the drive being under strain.
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4. Disable Superfetch Service
Another Widows 10 feature that has been identi ed as a
potential cause of the 100% disk usage issue is the
superfetch service.
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chkdsk.exe /f /r
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Next, press WIN+R and paste this address into the box:
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Open the Device Manager (use Windows 10 search, or
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right-click This PC in Windows Explorer, then
Properties > Device Manager) and expand IDE
ATA/ATAPI Controllers. If an AHCI Controller entry is
listed, double-click, then open the Driver tab and select
Driver Details.
Close the driver details box and switch to the Details tab,
selecting Device instance path from the drop-down
menu. Where the Value is listed, right-click, and select
Copy. Launch your text editor (like Notepad) and Paste
the contents in.
Here, expand
Device Parameters\Interrupt Management\MessageSignaledInterruptProperties
and you should see MSISupported listed in the right-
hand pane. Double-click this, then change the Value data:
to 0. Click OK to con rm and follow the instructions to
restart Windows.
steam://flushconfig
Click OK to proceed.
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