100% Disk utilization slowly destroying HDD, please help.

[jotnova]

I've been having trouble with my new computer. When I boot it up the disk will run at 90 - 100% for the first 10ish minutes before crawling back down to acceptable levels for a good few hours before locking up at 100% and forcing me to reboot. When the disk is running at boot up, or after I wake it, the numbers in task manager don't add up, with it only reporting current usage of around 2 Mbps. I've already tried disabling a whole slew of windows features that people say cause the problem, as well as updating a few drivers and flashing my bios. This is the second forum I'm trying, and, needless to say I'm sick of this problem and I just want it to stop.

System specs:
i5 - 6600K
Z170A SLI PLUS
2 * 8Gb sticks of DDR4-2400
Reference Geforce 970
A generic HDD that can be found here -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=1Z4-002R-00010

Thanks.


Update: Thank you for the responses. I've downloaded SeaTools and verified that my drive is in good health and only had ~120 hours of power on time, which seems right. Something I've also noticed is that SeaTools claims that the drive does not support advanced power managment, which is close to something I read online earlier about it locking up when it tried to conserve power in sleep mode.

 

[Colif]

As hard as it seems, white label hard drives are actually drives that has failed in the past, and fixed somewhere outside the original place it was made in.
For example, a that white label drive could be (and looks like) a Caviar Green that failed in the past, and fixed in my garage.

What that means to you is that it is considerably cheaper, but also considerably less desirable because you do not know where it was fixed, or how accurate the rating is for the MTBF. At least you have the 1 year warranty, but I wouldn't be surprised if it failed on the second month of the year.

http://forums.evga.com/What-is-a-quotWhite-Labelquot-Hard-drive-m958703.aspx

hmmm.... You should have bought a brand name hdd

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/787619-white-label-hdd-thoughts

I would back up your data and buy a better drive from Western Digital or another known brand, Saving money on cheap parts doesn't work long term.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there jotnova,

If we assume that this is not related to some Win services, then I believe you will need to see if this is some sort of a hardware related issue.

You can check the drive's health status out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility
If there is something wrong with it, it may be a good idea to back up the data stored on it as Colif suggested.

Another thing you can do is to attach the drive with different SATA and power cables. Faulty power cable could cause similar issues.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD