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April 18, 2014 6:19:04 AM

I desperately serious problem - 100% disk usage new lenovo laptop windows 8.1 64 bit

its something likr that(i found this in google) :

http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-ed050f6b9e84f77ac7...
(not allways on 100% ...)
And that part of it has been tried:
1-new drivers
2- install windows again
3- clean boot
4- live tile off
5-windows search service (disable upon startup via 1.Run 2.type msconfig, 3.uncheck it in services tab)
6- remove anti virus
7-The virtual memory is set to 4000mb initial size and 8000mb maximum size

please if someone can helpp

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a b D Laptop
April 18, 2014 6:54:20 AM

Check with Resource Manager to see which processes are using the disk.
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April 18, 2014 7:26:50 AM

Ijack said:
Check with Resource Manager to see which processes are using the disk.


all what i use take 100% (chrome , IX , games ..)
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a b D Laptop
April 18, 2014 8:19:21 AM

? They can't all be using 100% at the same time.
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April 18, 2014 8:33:44 AM

Ijack said:
? They can't all be using 100% at the same time.

each using 100% disk
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a b D Laptop
April 18, 2014 10:34:16 AM

I've never heard of several processes all showing 100% disk usage at the same time. Can you post a screenshot of Resource Monitor showing this.
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April 18, 2014 11:28:26 AM

Ijack said:
I've never heard of several processes all showing 100% disk usage at the same time. Can you post a screenshot of Resource Monitor showing this.


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a b D Laptop
April 18, 2014 11:54:54 AM

That screenshot only shows a total of 8% disk activity, which is pretty normal.
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April 18, 2014 12:01:03 PM

Ijack said:
That screenshot only shows a total of 8% disk activity, which is pretty normal.


see the spikes
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a b D Laptop
April 18, 2014 12:04:03 PM

You're always going to get spikes. As the disk is accessed it's utilization is 100% for a moment. It's the long-term situation that matters. You are worrying about nothing; just enjoy using your computer.
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April 18, 2014 12:24:21 PM

Ijack said:
You're always going to get spikes. As the disk is accessed it's utilization is 100% for a moment. It's the long-term situation that matters. You are worrying about nothing; just enjoy using your computer.


When I run a AV scan the disk usage can be 5 min on 90-100% its normal?can you check on your PC?
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April 18, 2014 4:04:10 PM

Ijack said:
You're always going to get spikes. As the disk is accessed it's utilization is 100% for a moment. It's the long-term situation that matters. You are worrying about nothing; just enjoy using your computer.

When I run a AV scan the disk usage can be 5 min on 90-100% its normal?can you check on your PC?
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a b D Laptop
April 18, 2014 11:08:21 PM

Anti-virus reads just about everything on the disk. Yes, it will fully utilize the disk whilst the scan is running (assuming your processor is fast enough to process the information faster than it is being read). Again, that's normal behaviour. The same goes for some other processes (e.g. Defragmentation, disk checking, building a search index).
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April 19, 2014 2:38:37 AM

Ijack said:
Anti-virus reads just about everything on the disk. Yes, it will fully utilize the disk whilst the scan is running (assuming your processor is fast enough to process the information faster than it is being read). Again, that's normal behaviour. The same goes for some other processes (e.g. Defragmentation, disk checking, building a search index).

you sure? this is normal when i use anti virus scan ? :

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a b D Laptop
April 19, 2014 4:28:11 AM

I'm sure.
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April 19, 2014 5:19:01 AM

Ijack said:
I'm sure.


ok thank !
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April 21, 2014 9:07:52 AM

This isn't normal. We are experiencing the same thing on multiple machines. When this happens, it renders the machine almost unusable. We haven't found a fix despite finding many people complaining of the same problem across the web. Very disappointing that after 2 major updates, MS hasn't gotten this fixed (running Windows 8.1 Update 1.) Makes development very difficult to impossible. To be a little more detailed, the disk usage oscillates to 99% or 100% to lower values ranging from 0 to the mid 70's.
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April 23, 2014 11:05:32 AM

press
Windows+R
Write
services.msc
Disable
1-Super fetch
2-Windows Search
And It Will Work Great
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April 23, 2014 12:23:42 PM

Rednibass said:
press
Windows+R
Write
services.msc
Disable
1-Super fetch
2-Windows Search
And It Will Work Great


Super fetch and Windows Search do seem to be the culprits, but disabling Windows Search does just that... it disables Search from the Start Menu. With the new Windows 8 UI, the search feature has become pretty important. I don't know what Super Fetch does or what functionality it would disable if you stop the service but, for me, disabling Windows Search is equivalent to fixing the problem with a blow torch. I appreciate the recommendation, but I'm going to have to wait for another fix.
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May 4, 2014 1:19:23 AM

flynflip said:
Rednibass said:
press
Windows+R
Write
services.msc
Disable
1-Super fetch
2-Windows Search
And It Will Work Great


Super fetch and Windows Search do seem to be the culprits, but disabling Windows Search does just that... it disables Search from the Start Menu. With the new Windows 8 UI, the search feature has become pretty important. I don't know what Super Fetch does or what functionality it would disable if you stop the service but, for me, disabling Windows Search is equivalent to fixing the problem with a blow torch. I appreciate the recommendation, but I'm going to have to wait for another fix.


Have you come across any fixes for this yet? I haven't tried the one mentioned yet, as I don't really want to lose my ability to search, but as it stands I'm probably going to soon, today my desktop was just not having it just being frozen and super slow all the time.
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May 30, 2014 4:33:57 PM

I had done all of the above as well and have spent HOURS trying to resolve this. Today, I found a random forum where someone said that launching Skype fixes it. I was skeptical, but desperate, so I tried it. So far, that seems to have resolved it. Doesn't make sense, but give it a shot.
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July 18, 2014 7:20:00 PM

I've had this problem b/f. What I do is go into details under task manager and delete Issas.exe, which requires a re-boot. When the computer comes back on, the issas.exe is still there, but the disk usage has dropped from 100% to around 3% or so. Maybe, I jog something. I duuno. But, it works.

Just checked out this issue. l(with an small L)ssas.exe is a trojan. Not to be confused with I(with a capital i) ssas.exe.
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July 22, 2014 9:17:15 AM

I'm guessing your system drive is not an SSD?

So far, its my experience that windows 8+ hates platter drives (even hybrids). I have yet to experience prolonged 100% disk usage on a system with an SSD system drive.
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July 23, 2014 4:05:38 AM

owen_dismuke said:
I'm guessing your system drive is not an SSD?

So far, its my experience that windows 8+ hates platter drives (even hybrids). I have yet to experience prolonged 100% disk usage on a system with an SSD system drive.


NO, I don't. That's way above my pay grade. :( 
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July 27, 2014 7:38:10 AM

Rednibass said:
press
Windows+R
Write
services.msc
Disable
1-Super fetch
2-Windows Search
And It Will Work Great

I did this, and it worked great!

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August 2, 2014 6:01:06 AM

Go to: Control Panel/Troubleshooting/System and Security
Run troubleshooters to resolve problems with: Windows Update, Search and Indexing, and System Maintenance.
Reboot - et voilĂ .

Please make sure to restore wrongly stopped services such as:
BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service)
Superfetch
Windows Search
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10 minutes ago

NorJP said:
Go to: Control Panel/Troubleshooting/System and Security
Run troubleshooters to resolve problems with: Windows Update, Search and Indexing, and System Maintenance.
Reboot - et voilĂ .

Please make sure to restore wrongly stopped services such as:
BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service)
Superfetch
Windows Search

Thanks NorJP
I had a similar constant 100% constant disk usage after upgrade to 8.1, running the troubleshooter to resolve problems with Windows Update found two significant errors and I now have my laptop back again. I think MS ought to refund users of 8 and 8.1 as it is a pile of rubbish
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