Hi all!
First allow me to apologise because I know this problem has been raised many times before, but I am currently having problems with my disk usage spiking to 100% when opening programs or occasionally whilst idle. However, my problem differs from most others which I will explain.
I recently purchased an All-in-one and I had problems from the off. It was a return so it was sold cheaper (by a reputable company) and when it came out the box it had obviously been used before as no setup ran. The computer lagged and crashed frequently and kept bringing up BIOS errors. I managed to fix it all by installing a fresh copy of Windows 10 from a USB, which made the computer run perfectly. However, I have noticed that disk usage will spike suddenly when opening programs, and occasionally, CPU usage jumps up too. However, there is absolutely not lag at all. I can play highly intensive games during the spikes and it runs like nothing has happened - almost as if the disk usage figure is wrong.
I suspected the HDD might be damaged or faulty so I ran a bunch of diagnostic programs including the manufacturer's own - all came back fine, even intensive sector-by-sector checks. Would this tend to mean the HDD is healthy, or are there some issues these diagnostic programs can't detect?
Obviously, I can return the computer but it's a lot of trouble for me to do so. Considering it now runs flawlessly, I'm really at a loss about what the disk usage spiking is due to. And FYI, I have updated all my drivers and applied all Windows 10 updates.
Any ideas would be much appreciated!
First allow me to apologise because I know this problem has been raised many times before, but I am currently having problems with my disk usage spiking to 100% when opening programs or occasionally whilst idle. However, my problem differs from most others which I will explain.
I recently purchased an All-in-one and I had problems from the off. It was a return so it was sold cheaper (by a reputable company) and when it came out the box it had obviously been used before as no setup ran. The computer lagged and crashed frequently and kept bringing up BIOS errors. I managed to fix it all by installing a fresh copy of Windows 10 from a USB, which made the computer run perfectly. However, I have noticed that disk usage will spike suddenly when opening programs, and occasionally, CPU usage jumps up too. However, there is absolutely not lag at all. I can play highly intensive games during the spikes and it runs like nothing has happened - almost as if the disk usage figure is wrong.
I suspected the HDD might be damaged or faulty so I ran a bunch of diagnostic programs including the manufacturer's own - all came back fine, even intensive sector-by-sector checks. Would this tend to mean the HDD is healthy, or are there some issues these diagnostic programs can't detect?
Obviously, I can return the computer but it's a lot of trouble for me to do so. Considering it now runs flawlessly, I'm really at a loss about what the disk usage spiking is due to. And FYI, I have updated all my drivers and applied all Windows 10 updates.
Any ideas would be much appreciated!
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