Windows 10 Desktop Disk usage is always at 99-100%

[mauddib87]

So a few months ago my desktop computer started running pretty frequently (mostly after a restart) running at 100% Disk usage. The system is never at load when doing this. It does eventually go down...but not for a long-ish time after. There are no oblivious culprits but a frequent guest on the list is System and compressed memory.

I've tried all the fixes and suggestions from others...disabling windows search, superfetch, notifications, etc, to no avail. I hope you guys could help here. Thank you so much for your help. Please let me know if there is anything else you need.

 

[SchizTech]

The next step would be a Windows reset or refresh

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12415/windows-10-recovery-options

 

[psiboy]

If your running Chrome it is a known disk thrasher. Changing the advanced settings under privacy make it go away!

 

[marcusmadsen]

I recently dealt with a similar issue on ASUS Q302L laptops upgraded with 240GB SSD and 8GB of RAM. Problem surfaced after installing Windows 10 Anniversary version (1607). Disk continuously cycled to 100% every minute or so. Found while in diagnostic mode, issue did not occur. After disabling and slowly re-enabling all services that differ between diagnostic and normal mode, found the "Power" service was the culprit.

As an admin, disable service from gui or commandline: > sc config "Power" start= disabled
Then reboot.

I don't like this solution as power management is removed which is frequently needed with laptop configuration.

 

[TearsInMyCup]

So a few months ago my desktop computer started running pretty frequently (mostly after a restart) running at 100% Disk usage. The system is never at load when doing this. It does eventually go down...but not for a long-ish time after. There are no oblivious culprits but a frequent guest on the list is System and compressed memory.

I've tried all the fixes and suggestions from others...disabling windows search, superfetch, notifications, etc, to no avail. I hope you guys could help here. Thank you so much for your help. Please let me know if there is anything else you need.

Ive been trying to figure this out but I found the solution
Go to Start > Settings > Privacy > Background Apps and turn everything off. You can turn other things in other tabs off like turning of sending diagnostic data, but I think most of it comes from Background Apps