Windows 10 Laptop 100% Disk Usage

[Ian]

As title above says. Sometime so slow to the point of unusable.

This can happen even when idling, I cant see anything specific in the task manager.

When the laptop upgraded from W10 if was actually pretty nippy. It just seemed to start all of a suddent last couple of months.

I have googled but no clear identifiable answer. Anyone got any ideas?

Not sure if wiping and starting again worth it. I have a full backup in in WHS11

Thanks

Ian

Same name same person

[Wheels-Of-Fire]

A copy of process explorer may help you here. It is from sysinternals and they are now owned by MS so its available through MS tech net. Im away at the monent and cant remember a link but have a search for it ?

[Dave Rice]

Here https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processexplorer.aspx

[Ed P]

Use the Windows 10 disk manager and clean out all the crude including any upgrade files that could save as much as 20GB!

[Tippon]

Ed P wrote:

 …clean out all the crude…

Freudian slip there Ed? ??

[Ian]

Thanks for feedback.

Windows was suggesting corruption update database, so ran the fix. For some reason still had not fixed.

Also removed previous updates in temp files with disk cleanup although that hung at first.

Change the virtual memory to manual settings and starting to update some drivers.

At present seems to have a made a big difference, fingers crossed, will monitor

Cheers

Ian

Same name same person

[Anonymous]

Has W10 upgraded itself and left a Windows old folder on C: if so you can go back to before the upgrade, free up space or right click on disk cleanup / run as administrator, you can delete optional folders ie: Windows old (if you don’t want to go back)

If Windows old isn’t there, their should be something not needed to free up space.

Or maybe you have already ran disk cleanup as admin?

I just read Eds link and it talks about the above, so ignore this post. (I can’t delete it)

[Ed P]

That is basically what I was suggesting John, but it is a LOT safer to let the Microsoft Disk Manager do the deleting.

 

[Anonymous]

Sos Ed I thought you was (after the event) I am going have to stop running I can’t even walk.

If only,, I could have done with an Eject button to get out this thread, after further reading replies.

It takes time to reply so I tend not to read all, to save time.

I often prepare in notepad, but by the time I have finished the topic has moved 5 pages down.

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