Laptop hard drive pinned at 100%, slow boot times, and programs.

Pyrofan · Sep 28, 2016

So for some reason unbeknownst to me, my laptop has hit a wall. It's a ASUS GL752. Yesterday, it got really slow and task manager showed the Disk at 100%. So I did all the things online to rememdy this but it still is at 100 and now it barely even boots.

I have disabled flash, stopped the search hints for windows, disabled things and checked for viruses. All have helped nada.

So I come to y'all, what else can I do?

RaDiKaL_ · Sep 28, 2016

Identify with task manager which program/process is demanding all of your hard drive's resources, with that info we'll see what to do regarding such process.

Pyrofan · Sep 28, 2016

RaDiKaL_ :

That's the thing, nothing is showing lots of use.

helpstar · Sep 28, 2016

Something is showing 100% activity

Would let it run for a night, maybe updates are being made or similar

Pyrofan · Sep 28, 2016

helpstar :

I have let it run for the past 8 hours and nothing is updating. I fixed it for about 3 hours last night but that was only achieved by restarting it like 5 times.

RaDiKaL_ · Sep 28, 2016

Try using Procexp instead of Task manager to see which program is using your disk.

helpstar · Sep 29, 2016

Run crystaldiskinfo
How high are the temperatures?
Run Intel processor diagnostics
Boot with memtest86+
Check if the hdd is still in place and fully plugged in

D_Know_WD · Sep 29, 2016

Hi there Pyrofan,

What is your OS?
I would agree with helpstar. The drive could be failing. It may be a good idea to back up the data stored on it and test it with some of these: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

You can boot into safe mode as well. In case the issue persists, then all of this could be hardware related. In case it doesn't, it is most probably caused by OS/services.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

Pyrofan · Sep 29, 2016

Ok so I am trying to run these test (don't really know what the results should look like) but as for temps and hard drive being unplugged, temps are normal. And for the hard drive, I have no idea how to check that on a laptop without voiding a warranty.

And the OS is Windows 10

Pyrofan · Sep 29, 2016

So, HD Tune about 67 gB into its scan of 1 Tb and it has found 47% damaged sectors and that's only rising. The other programs didn't show any high usage. How can this much damage be on laptop that's like 3 months old?

helpstar · Sep 29, 2016

Did the laptop fall down while on?

Hardware is not as reliable as it should, espeicially after a short time in use and after a long time in use.

little useful article about it:
http://www.auslogics.com/en/articles/bad-sector/

D_Know_WD · Sep 30, 2016

Improper handling, either of the HDD or the laptop. This could have happened before you got it.

You should be able to RMA it, if under warranty.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

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