- Nov 19, 2016
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Hi there,
I recently formatted my HDD (twice) because things were running a little slow and I couldn't play the games I wanted, (despite having above spec requirements).
After reinstallation of OS win10, I downloaded the game I wanted and it still ran like shit. First thing I did was go to Task manager/Processes and noticed that my CPU was at 100% and disk usage was at 100%.
Thought that I might've downloaded a virus, so I decided to format HDD again.. (which I found out doesn't always clear all viruses).. strange thing was I couldn't find the "reset this pc" in system settings.. it was literally gone. So I had to reset to factory using cmd. (another reason I thought I might have a virus).
After another long format of the HDD and reinstallation of OS win10, CPU usage is still at 100% and memory is around 34. Disk is back to a stable 0-4%.
Did some research on the internet and thought that a driver issue made the most sense considering the recent HDD formats. (apparently leaving driver selection up to Microsoft has screwed a lot of people over).. So I went to Device Manager and disabled a Network Adapter (Wifi adapter), went back to processes and noticed a solid 14-16% CPU usage during idle. Enabled it and it spiked again.
It's possible that I could have a virus, I suppose.. but I'm too impatient to run a full scan with Mcafee.
Also, 64 background processes and 28 windows processes after OS reinstallation. Is this normal? .. idk what any of these processes are/do.
What are your Suggestions/opinions? Is there a program I can use to help investigate my drivers? What do I do when I find out which drivers are causing the problem? Downgrade? Where can I find the drivers?
I recently formatted my HDD (twice) because things were running a little slow and I couldn't play the games I wanted, (despite having above spec requirements).
After reinstallation of OS win10, I downloaded the game I wanted and it still ran like shit. First thing I did was go to Task manager/Processes and noticed that my CPU was at 100% and disk usage was at 100%.
Thought that I might've downloaded a virus, so I decided to format HDD again.. (which I found out doesn't always clear all viruses).. strange thing was I couldn't find the "reset this pc" in system settings.. it was literally gone. So I had to reset to factory using cmd. (another reason I thought I might have a virus).
After another long format of the HDD and reinstallation of OS win10, CPU usage is still at 100% and memory is around 34. Disk is back to a stable 0-4%.
Did some research on the internet and thought that a driver issue made the most sense considering the recent HDD formats. (apparently leaving driver selection up to Microsoft has screwed a lot of people over).. So I went to Device Manager and disabled a Network Adapter (Wifi adapter), went back to processes and noticed a solid 14-16% CPU usage during idle. Enabled it and it spiked again.
It's possible that I could have a virus, I suppose.. but I'm too impatient to run a full scan with Mcafee.
Also, 64 background processes and 28 windows processes after OS reinstallation. Is this normal? .. idk what any of these processes are/do.
What are your Suggestions/opinions? Is there a program I can use to help investigate my drivers? What do I do when I find out which drivers are causing the problem? Downgrade? Where can I find the drivers?
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