Why am I getting 100% disk usage on Windows 10, I've tried other solutions

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How do I stop my disk usage being at 100% on Windows 10? Below is what I've tried

Changing Link Storage Technology in Intel Rapid Storage to be off
Restarting or Disabling Windows Search service
Restarting or Disabling Windows Superfetch or SysMain service
DISM and SFC scans
Checking for hard drive errors in CrystalDiskInfo
Running programs as administrator
Changing the security of backup programs and high disk usage programs to give my user all the permissions in the Properties
Looking at Task Manager to find the cause (the processes listed don't add up to 99% or 100%)

Is there any other suggestions I can do?

Here is what happens when Firefox runs in safe mode (having all extensions disabled)

If you kill firefox, ensuring that there are ZERO instances of it on the details tab, does the disk usage go back to normal? — Señor CMasMas, Commented Oct 26, 2020 at 19:08
I restarted firefox in safe mode so all the extensions should be disabled and it didn't solve the problem. Look at this. imgur.com/a/Neo0uRh — desbest, Commented Oct 26, 2020 at 20:03
You did notice that the Firefox installer is running, as well; as the application? Is the installer "stuck", and need to be killed? Is it just trying to complete update? — DrMoishe Pippik, Commented Oct 26, 2020 at 21:57
Run system internals process monitor. Add a filter Process -> contains -> File and watch whatever it is spam the crap out of your hard disk. There are many things using the disk.. you will need to figure out who isn't playing nice. You can do this by one at a time.. seeing the unimportant stuff.. right click on the process name and exclude that process. — Señor CMasMas, Commented Oct 26, 2020 at 22:39

harrymc · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-26 18:57:21Z

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To see which applications are doing lots of I/O:

Run Task Manager
Go to the Details tab
Right-click any column header and choose "Select columns"
Place check-marks next to "I/O reads" and "I/O writes" and click OK
Click one of these two columns twice to order by descending values, then the other.

answered Oct 26, 2020 at 18:57

harrymc

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Firefox is using the most resources, and enabling or disabling hardware acceleration in Firefox doesn't help.
– desbest
Commented Oct 26, 2020 at 19:00
This is not normal. You must have installed some rogue add-on, intentionally or not. You could check if this happens when you Start Firefox in Safe Mode.
– harrymc
Commented Oct 26, 2020 at 19:09
Closing Firefox doesn't help make the disk usage go down, so the problem is not firefox. This also includes when there's zero instances of it on the details tab.
– desbest
Commented Oct 26, 2020 at 19:31
So what is using this I/O? Could you add a screenshot of Task Manager?
– harrymc
Commented Oct 26, 2020 at 19:40
I restarted firefox in safe mode and it didn't solve the problem. Look at this. imgur.com/a/Neo0uRh
– desbest
Commented Oct 26, 2020 at 20:03

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desbest · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-19 20:17:51Z

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Run: Tuneup.bat - Click the link below to go to the BSOD batch repository to download and run this batch file.

answered May 19, 2021 at 20:17

desbest

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