Hard disk used at 100%: Here are the solutions

8 solutions to solve the problem of the hard disk used at 100%

1st Solution

Disable Intelligent Transfer Service in background and Superfetch

1) Press the “windows” key + R (to launch the execute command) then type this command:

services.msc

=> validate with “ok“

2) Then look in the list : “intelligent transfer services in the background”

1. double click on it and in “start type” select “Disabled“
2. click on “apply” then on “ok“

3) do the same by looking for : “superfetch”

1. double click on it and in “start type” select “Disabled“
2. click on “apply” then on “ok“

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2nd solution (this solution is no longer recommended)

Change the number of processors

1) Press the “windows” + R key and type this command:

msconfig

=> validate with “ok“

1. Click on the “Start” tab then on “Advanced options“
2. Tick “Number of processors” and select the highest value (for me it was 8)
3. Click on “ok” then on “ok“

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3rd Solution

Disable all Privacy options

1) Click on “start” then on “parameters“

2) Go to “Confidentiality“

3) Open each line (about fifteen on the left), and disable them all by clicking on the button, it should display this:

4) For example for the line “General“, it looks like this:

The same thing should therefore be done for the other lines :

localization

camera

background applications

…

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4ème Solution

Disable Fast Startup

1) Click on the icon cortana/loupe then type this:

power

2) Click on the line “Choose a power management mode” then click on “Choose the action of the power buttons“

3) Click on “modify parameters currently unavailable“

4) Uncheck the option “Enable quick start”

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5ème Solution

Disable telemetry

1) Press the “windows” + R key and type this:

regedit

=> validate with “ok“

2) Copy and paste this line into the search bar at the top, then press “enter” :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection

3) In the right column, right-click, then select “new” then “32bit DWORD value”

3) Name the “AllowTelemetry”, then close the window

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6ème Solution

Disable Cortana

1) It is necessary to download the software “WinAeroTweaker“

2) Then, once installed, run the

3) Go to the line “Windows Apps” (at the very bottom)

4) Then on “Disable Cortana” and check the box “Disable Cortana“

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7ème Solution

Disable Windows Defender

1) As for the deactivation of Cortana, use “WinAeroTweaker“

2) In WinAeroTweaker, go to the line “Windows Defender” (very bottom)

3) Then “Disable Windows Defender” and click on “Windows Defender“

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8ème Solution

Repair order: DISM and SFC

1) Right-click on the “Start” button and select “Windows PowerShell (admin)” or “Control line (admin)“

2) Type or copy/paste this command and confirm with “entry“

DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

3) Restart the computer

4) Restart Windows PowerShell or the command prompts (in admin) and type this command:

sfc /scannow

5) Press “entry” and wait for the end of the scan

Even with all this you still have the problem ?

Try these other solutions:

• Disable “Windows Search” (.msc services)
• Disable “Message Signaled Interrupt“
• Update Windows 10
• If Google Chrome is used 100%, see the solution here

Source : Malekal et Tech2Tech