Extremely high disk activity without any real usage
In a nutshell, the problem looks like this picture:
In short, gigantic latency, very slow read speed (I assume that is caused by the same thing). After a very very painful few minutes, everything seems to go back to normal.
What the heck is going on that can cause that?
Note: Note the fact that 100% activity happens at a wide range of speeds.
hard-drive windows-8
asked Sep 5 '12 at 13:18
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In a nutshell, the problem looks like this picture:
In short, gigantic latency, very slow read speed (I assume that is caused by the same thing). After a very very painful few minutes, everything seems to go back to normal.
What the heck is going on that can cause that?
Note: Note the fact that 100% activity happens at a wide range of speeds.
hard-drive windows-8
asked Sep 5 '12 at 13:18
soandossoandos
20.2k2892131
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Are there any read errors on the disk (not reported to windows if the disk can eventually read the data on its own. Even if that takes a long time before it succeeds). - Check SMART data for increasing reallocated sectors.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:25
@Hennes 39 of those, and 100 each of uncorrectable sector count and pending sector count
– soandos
Sep 5 '12 at 13:26
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Having such problems on a disk is not a problem. Every modern disk has at least a few. But keep monitoring. If that number increases then you have a problem (and likely also the reason for the low performance). If it stays the same then it is something else.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:50
BTW: Not all SMART values are standardised. But Seagate has nice manual for your drive at manualowl.com/m/Seagate/ST9500420AS/Manual/51279?page=32
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:55
1
I'm glad running chkdsk fixed this, but you could also check the Processes tab and sort by disk activity to see what is using the disk. I do this every time I boot, just because I'm like that.
– Mark Allen
Sep 6 '12 at 19:03
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In a nutshell, the problem looks like this picture:
In short, gigantic latency, very slow read speed (I assume that is caused by the same thing). After a very very painful few minutes, everything seems to go back to normal.
What the heck is going on that can cause that?
Note: Note the fact that 100% activity happens at a wide range of speeds.
hard-drive windows-8
asked Sep 5 '12 at 13:18
soandossoandos
20.2k2892131
In a nutshell, the problem looks like this picture:
In short, gigantic latency, very slow read speed (I assume that is caused by the same thing). After a very very painful few minutes, everything seems to go back to normal.
What the heck is going on that can cause that?
Note: Note the fact that 100% activity happens at a wide range of speeds.
hard-drive windows-8
hard-drive windows-8
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Are there any read errors on the disk (not reported to windows if the disk can eventually read the data on its own. Even if that takes a long time before it succeeds). - Check SMART data for increasing reallocated sectors.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:25
@Hennes 39 of those, and 100 each of uncorrectable sector count and pending sector count
– soandos
Sep 5 '12 at 13:26
1
Having such problems on a disk is not a problem. Every modern disk has at least a few. But keep monitoring. If that number increases then you have a problem (and likely also the reason for the low performance). If it stays the same then it is something else.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:50
BTW: Not all SMART values are standardised. But Seagate has nice manual for your drive at manualowl.com/m/Seagate/ST9500420AS/Manual/51279?page=32
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:55
1
I'm glad running chkdsk fixed this, but you could also check the Processes tab and sort by disk activity to see what is using the disk. I do this every time I boot, just because I'm like that.
– Mark Allen
Sep 6 '12 at 19:03
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Are there any read errors on the disk (not reported to windows if the disk can eventually read the data on its own. Even if that takes a long time before it succeeds). - Check SMART data for increasing reallocated sectors.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:25
@Hennes 39 of those, and 100 each of uncorrectable sector count and pending sector count
– soandos
Sep 5 '12 at 13:26
1
Having such problems on a disk is not a problem. Every modern disk has at least a few. But keep monitoring. If that number increases then you have a problem (and likely also the reason for the low performance). If it stays the same then it is something else.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:50
BTW: Not all SMART values are standardised. But Seagate has nice manual for your drive at manualowl.com/m/Seagate/ST9500420AS/Manual/51279?page=32
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:55
1
I'm glad running chkdsk fixed this, but you could also check the Processes tab and sort by disk activity to see what is using the disk. I do this every time I boot, just because I'm like that.
– Mark Allen
Sep 6 '12 at 19:03
3
3
Are there any read errors on the disk (not reported to windows if the disk can eventually read the data on its own. Even if that takes a long time before it succeeds). - Check SMART data for increasing reallocated sectors.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:25
Are there any read errors on the disk (not reported to windows if the disk can eventually read the data on its own. Even if that takes a long time before it succeeds). - Check SMART data for increasing reallocated sectors.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:25
@Hennes 39 of those, and 100 each of uncorrectable sector count and pending sector count
– soandos
Sep 5 '12 at 13:26
@Hennes 39 of those, and 100 each of uncorrectable sector count and pending sector count
– soandos
Sep 5 '12 at 13:26
1
1
Having such problems on a disk is not a problem. Every modern disk has at least a few. But keep monitoring. If that number increases then you have a problem (and likely also the reason for the low performance). If it stays the same then it is something else.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:50
Having such problems on a disk is not a problem. Every modern disk has at least a few. But keep monitoring. If that number increases then you have a problem (and likely also the reason for the low performance). If it stays the same then it is something else.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:50
BTW: Not all SMART values are standardised. But Seagate has nice manual for your drive at manualowl.com/m/Seagate/ST9500420AS/Manual/51279?page=32
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:55
BTW: Not all SMART values are standardised. But Seagate has nice manual for your drive at manualowl.com/m/Seagate/ST9500420AS/Manual/51279?page=32
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:55
1
1
I'm glad running chkdsk fixed this, but you could also check the Processes tab and sort by disk activity to see what is using the disk. I do this every time I boot, just because I'm like that.
– Mark Allen
Sep 6 '12 at 19:03
I'm glad running chkdsk fixed this, but you could also check the Processes tab and sort by disk activity to see what is using the disk. I do this every time I boot, just because I'm like that.
– Mark Allen
Sep 6 '12 at 19:03
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I had the same issue.
I resolved it by changing the power plan from 'Balanced' to 'High performance'.
Instant results.
edited Nov 27 '12 at 21:15
Isaac Rabinovitch
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answered Nov 27 '12 at 20:05
Dan SewellDan Sewell
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Instant results for me also!
– Dan Atkinson
Jun 23 '13 at 13:47
1
+1 instant results here also... Anyone have a clue why this would happen?
– Accatyyc
Jul 3 '13 at 15:58
1
@Accatyyc I'm also experiencing, didn't try High Performance mode, but it might have something to do with the fact that W8 schedules a weekly defrag by default (you can turn that off in the "Optimize Drives" tool). Maybe the High Performance plan prevents background defragging in order to provide more resources?
– T045T
Aug 22 '13 at 11:46
1
@T045T I don't think it should be because of defragging, because in that case my computer would have been CONSTANTLY defragging. Which it shouldn't since I use Diskeeper which keeps the disks defragged. Your theory sounds plausible though, and in that case the W8 defrag scheduler needs a serious fix. Did high performance work for you?
– Accatyyc
Aug 22 '13 at 12:21
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Didnt work for me
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:13
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Running the following command appears to have fixed the problem:
chkdsk /b /f /v /scan c:
Explanation
In the chkdsk version included with Windows 10 these flags mean:
/b NTFS only: Re-evaluates bad clusters on the volume (implies /R)
/f Fixes errors on the disk.
/v On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk.
/scan NTFS only: Runs an online scan on the volume
/r Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F, when /scan not specified).
Thanks to @hennes for the inspiration.
edited Feb 2 at 0:45
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answered Sep 6 '12 at 0:21
soandossoandos
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/rimplies/f. On NTFS,/bimplies/r./scanis not a valid parameter... So all you really need ischkdsk /b /v /x C:
– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:04
5
@Bob/scanruns the scan online for windows 8 (new version of chkdsk I guess). Its not nessisary, but it means that I don't have to stop using my PC while chkdsk is running
– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:08
2
You might want to go with the original line, (I've just jumped into Win8), since it appears that/rdoes not imply/fif/scanis there. I'm getting a headache...
– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:13
1
@Bob but does/bimply/r? (and how do you know that?)
– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:15
1
If chksdk seems to be stuck at "Scanning and repairing drive: 11%", wait patiently, it is proceeding, only the progress display is not updated.
– thSoft
Mar 11 '17 at 14:57
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Another reason for extremely HDD usage is MS Windows Defender. There is some antimalware service under Windows 8 that belongs to Windows Defender.
answered Apr 12 '13 at 17:32
Miroslav HolecMiroslav Holec
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I think this might be the key, whenever I see this happen for me in Resource Monitor MsMpEng always seems to be 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the list under the disk tab and I think it is doing something in the background but the Windows Defender interface doesn't show anything!
– Coops
Jul 25 '14 at 15:27
I experience high disk usage from Windows Defender too. Did you solved it somehow? The Defender UI doesn't show anything running.
– Piedone
Aug 29 '14 at 19:22
I have Windows 10 with the same issue. Windows Defender is turned off cause I use NOD32. IMHO, it is not the defender that causes the 100% disk activity.
– Miro J.
Aug 25 '16 at 14:14
I disabled Windows defender anti-virus and saw the activity drop to normal (regular up and downs). When I re-enabled it, it no longer caused the spike. Not sure what the behavior will be when I restart.
– Jake88
Sep 8 '18 at 3:00
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I would check out your hard drive's performance.
Acronis Drive Monitor will work and is free. I use this, it's really good. However, like all of these things, it's only as good as the signal route - IE, a bad cable may cause false positives etc so if you can also test the cable you will have the extra reassurance (and of course then the port on the motherboard! Although normally, the results are pretty accurate I just wanted to point out it could be something else.)
Acronis Drive Monitor: Estimate health percentage, and use Windows Event Log events (which may be related to risk of data loss). Can trigger automatic backup on S.M.A.R.T. alert when combined with Acronis backup software.
Wikipedia also gives you an overview of such S.M.A.R.T tools (too much to copy across).
One of the contributors to this site, Ramhound suggests SpinRite (from another post). Despite it saying XP at places, it should work for W8 fine.
The results of reports based on S.M.A.R.T data should be taken into context. Many of the problems HDDs have they are not even aware of. The best way to have a healthy drive is to run it through a program that will read each and every sector often. This allows the HDD to move data from bad sectors to good sectors and then mark any sectors it determines as bad as unusable. This is far more useful then say a defrag although it should be said, running a defrag, often does exactl this. One program I use for for all my HDDs is SpinRite. – Ramhound
answered Sep 5 '12 at 14:14
DaveDave
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You give me to much credit. While I do use SpinRite, the knowlege I share about SpinRite, is based on the author's knowlege. He hosts a podcast calledSecurity Now!every week.
– Ramhound
Sep 5 '12 at 14:28
@Ramhound I was wondering if Steve was paying you to say this.
– user142485
Sep 6 '12 at 14:34
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@user142485 - Of course I wasn't.
– Ramhound
Oct 1 '13 at 11:36
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Use xperf from the WPT (part of the Windows 8 SDK) to trace the disk IO:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2009/08/17/xperf-to-investigate-slow-i-o-issues.aspx
answered Nov 19 '12 at 22:57
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To others: I had this exact same problem. Nearly identical screenshot to this one. Max usage, low throughput, latency through the roof. I tried disabling services--like indexing--, chkdsk, power management options, and even crazy things like disabling IPv6 per an Amazon review of my drive (desperate, I know). Nothing I did worked. So I did some research on my drive and unfortunately found that many many other users were experiencing the same issue.
Ultimately, I emailed the manufacturer of my drive and laid out my case, stating that this drive model was defective and requesting that I can send it in and receive the next model up in return (which has 1000+ good reviews). A friendly phone call later and for a very small fee, they complied (negotiate down their fee!). Yesterday I got the new drive and it's night and day. Incomparable. The old SSD was slower than spinning by a large margin, and the new one feels like every other proper SSD I've used. It's wonderful.
If you found this page because of similar issues, spinning or SSD, I'd highly suggest you do some Googling and potentially follow-up with the manufacturer to exchange it. I am very glad I did. Good luck.
answered Jan 16 '13 at 0:17
Tyler ForsytheTyler Forsythe
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I know sometimes this can be related to firmware on the SSD. So you can try upgrading the firmware before replacing the drive
– Jonathan
Nov 14 '16 at 22:58
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What type of SSD was it?
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:09
I had a WD black installed giving the same problem. I think the hard drive was just broken however because it was working fine for 2 years.I tried formatting , this did not help. my solution was replacing it
– DarkPh03n1X
May 25 '18 at 23:29
I had a brand new Seagate Barracuda 8 TB drive behave this way. After 15-20 minutes of heavy write usage its write speed would drop to almost nothing and it'd peg at 100% Active and stay there forever (until I rebooted). After a day of trying all the desperate fixes I could find online I finally gave up and replaced it with a new drive, problem solved.
– Jim
Nov 9 '18 at 21:52
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I found that Windows Update is a culprit. When I stop Windows Update Service, Disk read down to 5%.
edited Sep 10 '15 at 18:26
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answered Apr 4 '13 at 17:28
Piriya J.Piriya J.
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Can you confirm this with resource manager?
– soandos
Apr 4 '13 at 17:39
This solved the issue for me. Oddly, Windows Update looked stuck in control panel, but was taking up 80-90% of my disk activity in task manager.
– AdmiralAdama
Jan 15 at 12:31
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My download-HDD had almost the same symptoms.
It ended up being the SATA port which had broken, making the HDD go to 100% activity, but not reading or writing anything, whenever the HDD wrote to itself.
I solved it, by simply moving the SATA cable for the affected harddrive to another port.
answered Jan 16 '17 at 2:05
Ultroman the TacomanUltroman the Tacoman
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Check if you have drive indexing turned on. In the past I've heard HDDs rip like chainsaws as they look over every file on the drive. Try disabling it temporarily from services and see if that changes anything.
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You should describe the steps needed to do this.
– Black
Jan 25 '18 at 8:50
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I had the same issue.
I resolved it by changing the power plan from 'Balanced' to 'High performance'.
Instant results.
edited Nov 27 '12 at 21:15
Isaac Rabinovitch
2,5961728
answered Nov 27 '12 at 20:05
Dan SewellDan Sewell
501144
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Instant results for me also!
– Dan Atkinson
Jun 23 '13 at 13:47
1
+1 instant results here also... Anyone have a clue why this would happen?
– Accatyyc
Jul 3 '13 at 15:58
1
@Accatyyc I'm also experiencing, didn't try High Performance mode, but it might have something to do with the fact that W8 schedules a weekly defrag by default (you can turn that off in the "Optimize Drives" tool). Maybe the High Performance plan prevents background defragging in order to provide more resources?
– T045T
Aug 22 '13 at 11:46
1
@T045T I don't think it should be because of defragging, because in that case my computer would have been CONSTANTLY defragging. Which it shouldn't since I use Diskeeper which keeps the disks defragged. Your theory sounds plausible though, and in that case the W8 defrag scheduler needs a serious fix. Did high performance work for you?
– Accatyyc
Aug 22 '13 at 12:21
1
Didnt work for me
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:13
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I had the same issue.
I resolved it by changing the power plan from 'Balanced' to 'High performance'.
Instant results.
edited Nov 27 '12 at 21:15
Isaac Rabinovitch
2,5961728
answered Nov 27 '12 at 20:05
Dan SewellDan Sewell
501144
2
Instant results for me also!
– Dan Atkinson
Jun 23 '13 at 13:47
1
+1 instant results here also... Anyone have a clue why this would happen?
– Accatyyc
Jul 3 '13 at 15:58
1
@Accatyyc I'm also experiencing, didn't try High Performance mode, but it might have something to do with the fact that W8 schedules a weekly defrag by default (you can turn that off in the "Optimize Drives" tool). Maybe the High Performance plan prevents background defragging in order to provide more resources?
– T045T
Aug 22 '13 at 11:46
1
@T045T I don't think it should be because of defragging, because in that case my computer would have been CONSTANTLY defragging. Which it shouldn't since I use Diskeeper which keeps the disks defragged. Your theory sounds plausible though, and in that case the W8 defrag scheduler needs a serious fix. Did high performance work for you?
– Accatyyc
Aug 22 '13 at 12:21
1
Didnt work for me
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:13
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show 6 more comments
I had the same issue.
I resolved it by changing the power plan from 'Balanced' to 'High performance'.
Instant results.
edited Nov 27 '12 at 21:15
Isaac Rabinovitch
2,5961728
answered Nov 27 '12 at 20:05
Dan SewellDan Sewell
501144
I had the same issue.
I resolved it by changing the power plan from 'Balanced' to 'High performance'.
Instant results.
edited Nov 27 '12 at 21:15
Isaac Rabinovitch
2,5961728
answered Nov 27 '12 at 20:05
Dan SewellDan Sewell
501144
edited Nov 27 '12 at 21:15
Isaac Rabinovitch
2,5961728
edited Nov 27 '12 at 21:15
Isaac Rabinovitch
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edited Nov 27 '12 at 21:15
Isaac Rabinovitch
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answered Nov 27 '12 at 20:05
Dan SewellDan Sewell
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answered Nov 27 '12 at 20:05
Dan SewellDan Sewell
501144
answered Nov 27 '12 at 20:05
Dan SewellDan Sewell
501144
501144
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Instant results for me also!
– Dan Atkinson
Jun 23 '13 at 13:47
1
+1 instant results here also... Anyone have a clue why this would happen?
– Accatyyc
Jul 3 '13 at 15:58
1
@Accatyyc I'm also experiencing, didn't try High Performance mode, but it might have something to do with the fact that W8 schedules a weekly defrag by default (you can turn that off in the "Optimize Drives" tool). Maybe the High Performance plan prevents background defragging in order to provide more resources?
– T045T
Aug 22 '13 at 11:46
1
@T045T I don't think it should be because of defragging, because in that case my computer would have been CONSTANTLY defragging. Which it shouldn't since I use Diskeeper which keeps the disks defragged. Your theory sounds plausible though, and in that case the W8 defrag scheduler needs a serious fix. Did high performance work for you?
– Accatyyc
Aug 22 '13 at 12:21
1
Didnt work for me
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:13
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show 6 more comments
2
Instant results for me also!
– Dan Atkinson
Jun 23 '13 at 13:47
1
+1 instant results here also... Anyone have a clue why this would happen?
– Accatyyc
Jul 3 '13 at 15:58
1
@Accatyyc I'm also experiencing, didn't try High Performance mode, but it might have something to do with the fact that W8 schedules a weekly defrag by default (you can turn that off in the "Optimize Drives" tool). Maybe the High Performance plan prevents background defragging in order to provide more resources?
– T045T
Aug 22 '13 at 11:46
1
@T045T I don't think it should be because of defragging, because in that case my computer would have been CONSTANTLY defragging. Which it shouldn't since I use Diskeeper which keeps the disks defragged. Your theory sounds plausible though, and in that case the W8 defrag scheduler needs a serious fix. Did high performance work for you?
– Accatyyc
Aug 22 '13 at 12:21
1
Didnt work for me
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:13
2
2
Instant results for me also!
– Dan Atkinson
Jun 23 '13 at 13:47
Instant results for me also!
– Dan Atkinson
Jun 23 '13 at 13:47
1
1
+1 instant results here also... Anyone have a clue why this would happen?
– Accatyyc
Jul 3 '13 at 15:58
+1 instant results here also... Anyone have a clue why this would happen?
– Accatyyc
Jul 3 '13 at 15:58
1
1
@Accatyyc I'm also experiencing, didn't try High Performance mode, but it might have something to do with the fact that W8 schedules a weekly defrag by default (you can turn that off in the "Optimize Drives" tool). Maybe the High Performance plan prevents background defragging in order to provide more resources?
– T045T
Aug 22 '13 at 11:46
@Accatyyc I'm also experiencing, didn't try High Performance mode, but it might have something to do with the fact that W8 schedules a weekly defrag by default (you can turn that off in the "Optimize Drives" tool). Maybe the High Performance plan prevents background defragging in order to provide more resources?
– T045T
Aug 22 '13 at 11:46
1
1
@T045T I don't think it should be because of defragging, because in that case my computer would have been CONSTANTLY defragging. Which it shouldn't since I use Diskeeper which keeps the disks defragged. Your theory sounds plausible though, and in that case the W8 defrag scheduler needs a serious fix. Did high performance work for you?
– Accatyyc
Aug 22 '13 at 12:21
@T045T I don't think it should be because of defragging, because in that case my computer would have been CONSTANTLY defragging. Which it shouldn't since I use Diskeeper which keeps the disks defragged. Your theory sounds plausible though, and in that case the W8 defrag scheduler needs a serious fix. Did high performance work for you?
– Accatyyc
Aug 22 '13 at 12:21
1
1
Didnt work for me
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:13
Didnt work for me
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:13
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Running the following command appears to have fixed the problem:
chkdsk /b /f /v /scan c:
Explanation
In the chkdsk version included with Windows 10 these flags mean:
/b NTFS only: Re-evaluates bad clusters on the volume (implies /R)
/f Fixes errors on the disk.
/v On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk.
/scan NTFS only: Runs an online scan on the volume
/r Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F, when /scan not specified).
Thanks to @hennes for the inspiration.
edited Feb 2 at 0:45
qubodup
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answered Sep 6 '12 at 0:21
soandossoandos
20.2k2892131
/rimplies/f. On NTFS,/bimplies/r./scanis not a valid parameter... So all you really need ischkdsk /b /v /x C:
– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:04
5
@Bob/scanruns the scan online for windows 8 (new version of chkdsk I guess). Its not nessisary, but it means that I don't have to stop using my PC while chkdsk is running
– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:08
2
You might want to go with the original line, (I've just jumped into Win8), since it appears that/rdoes not imply/fif/scanis there. I'm getting a headache...
– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:13
1
@Bob but does/bimply/r? (and how do you know that?)
– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:15
1
If chksdk seems to be stuck at "Scanning and repairing drive: 11%", wait patiently, it is proceeding, only the progress display is not updated.
– thSoft
Mar 11 '17 at 14:57
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show 7 more comments
Running the following command appears to have fixed the problem:
chkdsk /b /f /v /scan c:
Explanation
In the chkdsk version included with Windows 10 these flags mean:
/b NTFS only: Re-evaluates bad clusters on the volume (implies /R)
/f Fixes errors on the disk.
/v On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk.
/scan NTFS only: Runs an online scan on the volume
/r Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F, when /scan not specified).
Thanks to @hennes for the inspiration.
edited Feb 2 at 0:45
qubodup
2,14822131
answered Sep 6 '12 at 0:21
soandossoandos
20.2k2892131
/rimplies/f. On NTFS,/bimplies/r./scanis not a valid parameter... So all you really need ischkdsk /b /v /x C:
– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:04
5
@Bob/scanruns the scan online for windows 8 (new version of chkdsk I guess). Its not nessisary, but it means that I don't have to stop using my PC while chkdsk is running
– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:08
2
You might want to go with the original line, (I've just jumped into Win8), since it appears that/rdoes not imply/fif/scanis there. I'm getting a headache...
– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:13
1
@Bob but does/bimply/r? (and how do you know that?)
– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:15
1
If chksdk seems to be stuck at "Scanning and repairing drive: 11%", wait patiently, it is proceeding, only the progress display is not updated.
– thSoft
Mar 11 '17 at 14:57
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Running the following command appears to have fixed the problem:
chkdsk /b /f /v /scan c:
Explanation
In the chkdsk version included with Windows 10 these flags mean:
/b NTFS only: Re-evaluates bad clusters on the volume (implies /R)
/f Fixes errors on the disk.
/v On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk.
/scan NTFS only: Runs an online scan on the volume
/r Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F, when /scan not specified).
Thanks to @hennes for the inspiration.
edited Feb 2 at 0:45
qubodup
2,14822131
answered Sep 6 '12 at 0:21
soandossoandos
20.2k2892131
Running the following command appears to have fixed the problem:
chkdsk /b /f /v /scan c:
Explanation
In the chkdsk version included with Windows 10 these flags mean:
/b NTFS only: Re-evaluates bad clusters on the volume (implies /R)
/f Fixes errors on the disk.
/v On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk.
/scan NTFS only: Runs an online scan on the volume
/r Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F, when /scan not specified).
Thanks to @hennes for the inspiration.
edited Feb 2 at 0:45
qubodup
2,14822131
answered Sep 6 '12 at 0:21
soandossoandos
20.2k2892131
edited Feb 2 at 0:45
qubodup
2,14822131
edited Feb 2 at 0:45
qubodup
2,14822131
edited Feb 2 at 0:45
qubodup
2,14822131
2,14822131
answered Sep 6 '12 at 0:21
soandossoandos
20.2k2892131
answered Sep 6 '12 at 0:21
soandossoandos
20.2k2892131
answered Sep 6 '12 at 0:21
soandossoandos
20.2k2892131
20.2k2892131
/rimplies/f. On NTFS,/bimplies/r./scanis not a valid parameter... So all you really need ischkdsk /b /v /x C:
– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:04
5
@Bob/scanruns the scan online for windows 8 (new version of chkdsk I guess). Its not nessisary, but it means that I don't have to stop using my PC while chkdsk is running
– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:08
2
You might want to go with the original line, (I've just jumped into Win8), since it appears that/rdoes not imply/fif/scanis there. I'm getting a headache...
– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:13
1
@Bob but does/bimply/r? (and how do you know that?)
– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:15
1
If chksdk seems to be stuck at "Scanning and repairing drive: 11%", wait patiently, it is proceeding, only the progress display is not updated.
– thSoft
Mar 11 '17 at 14:57
|
show 7 more comments
/rimplies/f. On NTFS,/bimplies/r./scanis not a valid parameter... So all you really need ischkdsk /b /v /x C:
– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:04
5
@Bob/scanruns the scan online for windows 8 (new version of chkdsk I guess). Its not nessisary, but it means that I don't have to stop using my PC while chkdsk is running
– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:08
2
You might want to go with the original line, (I've just jumped into Win8), since it appears that/rdoes not imply/fif/scanis there. I'm getting a headache...
– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:13
1
@Bob but does/bimply/r? (and how do you know that?)
– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:15
1
If chksdk seems to be stuck at "Scanning and repairing drive: 11%", wait patiently, it is proceeding, only the progress display is not updated.
– thSoft
Mar 11 '17 at 14:57
/r implies /f. On NTFS, /b implies /r. /scan is not a valid parameter... So all you really need is chkdsk /b /v /x C:– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:04
/r implies /f. On NTFS, /b implies /r. /scan is not a valid parameter... So all you really need is chkdsk /b /v /x C:– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:04
5
5
@Bob
/scan runs the scan online for windows 8 (new version of chkdsk I guess). Its not nessisary, but it means that I don't have to stop using my PC while chkdsk is running– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:08
@Bob
/scan runs the scan online for windows 8 (new version of chkdsk I guess). Its not nessisary, but it means that I don't have to stop using my PC while chkdsk is running– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:08
2
2
You might want to go with the original line, (I've just jumped into Win8), since it appears that
/r does not imply /f if /scan is there. I'm getting a headache...– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:13
You might want to go with the original line, (I've just jumped into Win8), since it appears that
/r does not imply /f if /scan is there. I'm getting a headache...– Bob
Dec 24 '12 at 4:13
1
1
@Bob but does
/b imply /r? (and how do you know that?)– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:15
@Bob but does
/b imply /r? (and how do you know that?)– soandos
Dec 24 '12 at 4:15
1
1
If chksdk seems to be stuck at "Scanning and repairing drive: 11%", wait patiently, it is proceeding, only the progress display is not updated.
– thSoft
Mar 11 '17 at 14:57
If chksdk seems to be stuck at "Scanning and repairing drive: 11%", wait patiently, it is proceeding, only the progress display is not updated.
– thSoft
Mar 11 '17 at 14:57
|
show 7 more comments
Another reason for extremely HDD usage is MS Windows Defender. There is some antimalware service under Windows 8 that belongs to Windows Defender.
answered Apr 12 '13 at 17:32
Miroslav HolecMiroslav Holec
18112
1
I think this might be the key, whenever I see this happen for me in Resource Monitor MsMpEng always seems to be 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the list under the disk tab and I think it is doing something in the background but the Windows Defender interface doesn't show anything!
– Coops
Jul 25 '14 at 15:27
I experience high disk usage from Windows Defender too. Did you solved it somehow? The Defender UI doesn't show anything running.
– Piedone
Aug 29 '14 at 19:22
I have Windows 10 with the same issue. Windows Defender is turned off cause I use NOD32. IMHO, it is not the defender that causes the 100% disk activity.
– Miro J.
Aug 25 '16 at 14:14
I disabled Windows defender anti-virus and saw the activity drop to normal (regular up and downs). When I re-enabled it, it no longer caused the spike. Not sure what the behavior will be when I restart.
– Jake88
Sep 8 '18 at 3:00
add a comment |
Another reason for extremely HDD usage is MS Windows Defender. There is some antimalware service under Windows 8 that belongs to Windows Defender.
answered Apr 12 '13 at 17:32
Miroslav HolecMiroslav Holec
18112
1
I think this might be the key, whenever I see this happen for me in Resource Monitor MsMpEng always seems to be 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the list under the disk tab and I think it is doing something in the background but the Windows Defender interface doesn't show anything!
– Coops
Jul 25 '14 at 15:27
I experience high disk usage from Windows Defender too. Did you solved it somehow? The Defender UI doesn't show anything running.
– Piedone
Aug 29 '14 at 19:22
I have Windows 10 with the same issue. Windows Defender is turned off cause I use NOD32. IMHO, it is not the defender that causes the 100% disk activity.
– Miro J.
Aug 25 '16 at 14:14
I disabled Windows defender anti-virus and saw the activity drop to normal (regular up and downs). When I re-enabled it, it no longer caused the spike. Not sure what the behavior will be when I restart.
– Jake88
Sep 8 '18 at 3:00
add a comment |
Another reason for extremely HDD usage is MS Windows Defender. There is some antimalware service under Windows 8 that belongs to Windows Defender.
answered Apr 12 '13 at 17:32
Miroslav HolecMiroslav Holec
18112
Another reason for extremely HDD usage is MS Windows Defender. There is some antimalware service under Windows 8 that belongs to Windows Defender.
answered Apr 12 '13 at 17:32
Miroslav HolecMiroslav Holec
18112
answered Apr 12 '13 at 17:32
Miroslav HolecMiroslav Holec
18112
answered Apr 12 '13 at 17:32
Miroslav HolecMiroslav Holec
18112
answered Apr 12 '13 at 17:32
Miroslav HolecMiroslav Holec
18112
18112
1
I think this might be the key, whenever I see this happen for me in Resource Monitor MsMpEng always seems to be 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the list under the disk tab and I think it is doing something in the background but the Windows Defender interface doesn't show anything!
– Coops
Jul 25 '14 at 15:27
I experience high disk usage from Windows Defender too. Did you solved it somehow? The Defender UI doesn't show anything running.
– Piedone
Aug 29 '14 at 19:22
I have Windows 10 with the same issue. Windows Defender is turned off cause I use NOD32. IMHO, it is not the defender that causes the 100% disk activity.
– Miro J.
Aug 25 '16 at 14:14
I disabled Windows defender anti-virus and saw the activity drop to normal (regular up and downs). When I re-enabled it, it no longer caused the spike. Not sure what the behavior will be when I restart.
– Jake88
Sep 8 '18 at 3:00
add a comment |
1
I think this might be the key, whenever I see this happen for me in Resource Monitor MsMpEng always seems to be 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the list under the disk tab and I think it is doing something in the background but the Windows Defender interface doesn't show anything!
– Coops
Jul 25 '14 at 15:27
I experience high disk usage from Windows Defender too. Did you solved it somehow? The Defender UI doesn't show anything running.
– Piedone
Aug 29 '14 at 19:22
I have Windows 10 with the same issue. Windows Defender is turned off cause I use NOD32. IMHO, it is not the defender that causes the 100% disk activity.
– Miro J.
Aug 25 '16 at 14:14
I disabled Windows defender anti-virus and saw the activity drop to normal (regular up and downs). When I re-enabled it, it no longer caused the spike. Not sure what the behavior will be when I restart.
– Jake88
Sep 8 '18 at 3:00
1
1
I think this might be the key, whenever I see this happen for me in Resource Monitor MsMpEng always seems to be 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the list under the disk tab and I think it is doing something in the background but the Windows Defender interface doesn't show anything!
– Coops
Jul 25 '14 at 15:27
I think this might be the key, whenever I see this happen for me in Resource Monitor MsMpEng always seems to be 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the list under the disk tab and I think it is doing something in the background but the Windows Defender interface doesn't show anything!
– Coops
Jul 25 '14 at 15:27
I experience high disk usage from Windows Defender too. Did you solved it somehow? The Defender UI doesn't show anything running.
– Piedone
Aug 29 '14 at 19:22
I experience high disk usage from Windows Defender too. Did you solved it somehow? The Defender UI doesn't show anything running.
– Piedone
Aug 29 '14 at 19:22
I have Windows 10 with the same issue. Windows Defender is turned off cause I use NOD32. IMHO, it is not the defender that causes the 100% disk activity.
– Miro J.
Aug 25 '16 at 14:14
I have Windows 10 with the same issue. Windows Defender is turned off cause I use NOD32. IMHO, it is not the defender that causes the 100% disk activity.
– Miro J.
Aug 25 '16 at 14:14
I disabled Windows defender anti-virus and saw the activity drop to normal (regular up and downs). When I re-enabled it, it no longer caused the spike. Not sure what the behavior will be when I restart.
– Jake88
Sep 8 '18 at 3:00
I disabled Windows defender anti-virus and saw the activity drop to normal (regular up and downs). When I re-enabled it, it no longer caused the spike. Not sure what the behavior will be when I restart.
– Jake88
Sep 8 '18 at 3:00
add a comment |
I would check out your hard drive's performance.
Acronis Drive Monitor will work and is free. I use this, it's really good. However, like all of these things, it's only as good as the signal route - IE, a bad cable may cause false positives etc so if you can also test the cable you will have the extra reassurance (and of course then the port on the motherboard! Although normally, the results are pretty accurate I just wanted to point out it could be something else.)
Acronis Drive Monitor: Estimate health percentage, and use Windows Event Log events (which may be related to risk of data loss). Can trigger automatic backup on S.M.A.R.T. alert when combined with Acronis backup software.
Wikipedia also gives you an overview of such S.M.A.R.T tools (too much to copy across).
One of the contributors to this site, Ramhound suggests SpinRite (from another post). Despite it saying XP at places, it should work for W8 fine.
The results of reports based on S.M.A.R.T data should be taken into context. Many of the problems HDDs have they are not even aware of. The best way to have a healthy drive is to run it through a program that will read each and every sector often. This allows the HDD to move data from bad sectors to good sectors and then mark any sectors it determines as bad as unusable. This is far more useful then say a defrag although it should be said, running a defrag, often does exactl this. One program I use for for all my HDDs is SpinRite. – Ramhound
answered Sep 5 '12 at 14:14
DaveDave
23.3k74363
You give me to much credit. While I do use SpinRite, the knowlege I share about SpinRite, is based on the author's knowlege. He hosts a podcast calledSecurity Now!every week.
– Ramhound
Sep 5 '12 at 14:28
@Ramhound I was wondering if Steve was paying you to say this.
– user142485
Sep 6 '12 at 14:34
1
@user142485 - Of course I wasn't.
– Ramhound
Oct 1 '13 at 11:36
add a comment |
I would check out your hard drive's performance.
Acronis Drive Monitor will work and is free. I use this, it's really good. However, like all of these things, it's only as good as the signal route - IE, a bad cable may cause false positives etc so if you can also test the cable you will have the extra reassurance (and of course then the port on the motherboard! Although normally, the results are pretty accurate I just wanted to point out it could be something else.)
Acronis Drive Monitor: Estimate health percentage, and use Windows Event Log events (which may be related to risk of data loss). Can trigger automatic backup on S.M.A.R.T. alert when combined with Acronis backup software.
Wikipedia also gives you an overview of such S.M.A.R.T tools (too much to copy across).
One of the contributors to this site, Ramhound suggests SpinRite (from another post). Despite it saying XP at places, it should work for W8 fine.
The results of reports based on S.M.A.R.T data should be taken into context. Many of the problems HDDs have they are not even aware of. The best way to have a healthy drive is to run it through a program that will read each and every sector often. This allows the HDD to move data from bad sectors to good sectors and then mark any sectors it determines as bad as unusable. This is far more useful then say a defrag although it should be said, running a defrag, often does exactl this. One program I use for for all my HDDs is SpinRite. – Ramhound
answered Sep 5 '12 at 14:14
DaveDave
23.3k74363
You give me to much credit. While I do use SpinRite, the knowlege I share about SpinRite, is based on the author's knowlege. He hosts a podcast calledSecurity Now!every week.
– Ramhound
Sep 5 '12 at 14:28
@Ramhound I was wondering if Steve was paying you to say this.
– user142485
Sep 6 '12 at 14:34
1
@user142485 - Of course I wasn't.
– Ramhound
Oct 1 '13 at 11:36
add a comment |
I would check out your hard drive's performance.
Acronis Drive Monitor will work and is free. I use this, it's really good. However, like all of these things, it's only as good as the signal route - IE, a bad cable may cause false positives etc so if you can also test the cable you will have the extra reassurance (and of course then the port on the motherboard! Although normally, the results are pretty accurate I just wanted to point out it could be something else.)
Acronis Drive Monitor: Estimate health percentage, and use Windows Event Log events (which may be related to risk of data loss). Can trigger automatic backup on S.M.A.R.T. alert when combined with Acronis backup software.
Wikipedia also gives you an overview of such S.M.A.R.T tools (too much to copy across).
One of the contributors to this site, Ramhound suggests SpinRite (from another post). Despite it saying XP at places, it should work for W8 fine.
The results of reports based on S.M.A.R.T data should be taken into context. Many of the problems HDDs have they are not even aware of. The best way to have a healthy drive is to run it through a program that will read each and every sector often. This allows the HDD to move data from bad sectors to good sectors and then mark any sectors it determines as bad as unusable. This is far more useful then say a defrag although it should be said, running a defrag, often does exactl this. One program I use for for all my HDDs is SpinRite. – Ramhound
answered Sep 5 '12 at 14:14
DaveDave
23.3k74363
I would check out your hard drive's performance.
Acronis Drive Monitor will work and is free. I use this, it's really good. However, like all of these things, it's only as good as the signal route - IE, a bad cable may cause false positives etc so if you can also test the cable you will have the extra reassurance (and of course then the port on the motherboard! Although normally, the results are pretty accurate I just wanted to point out it could be something else.)
Acronis Drive Monitor: Estimate health percentage, and use Windows Event Log events (which may be related to risk of data loss). Can trigger automatic backup on S.M.A.R.T. alert when combined with Acronis backup software.
Wikipedia also gives you an overview of such S.M.A.R.T tools (too much to copy across).
One of the contributors to this site, Ramhound suggests SpinRite (from another post). Despite it saying XP at places, it should work for W8 fine.
The results of reports based on S.M.A.R.T data should be taken into context. Many of the problems HDDs have they are not even aware of. The best way to have a healthy drive is to run it through a program that will read each and every sector often. This allows the HDD to move data from bad sectors to good sectors and then mark any sectors it determines as bad as unusable. This is far more useful then say a defrag although it should be said, running a defrag, often does exactl this. One program I use for for all my HDDs is SpinRite. – Ramhound
answered Sep 5 '12 at 14:14
DaveDave
23.3k74363
answered Sep 5 '12 at 14:14
DaveDave
23.3k74363
answered Sep 5 '12 at 14:14
DaveDave
23.3k74363
answered Sep 5 '12 at 14:14
DaveDave
23.3k74363
23.3k74363
You give me to much credit. While I do use SpinRite, the knowlege I share about SpinRite, is based on the author's knowlege. He hosts a podcast calledSecurity Now!every week.
– Ramhound
Sep 5 '12 at 14:28
@Ramhound I was wondering if Steve was paying you to say this.
– user142485
Sep 6 '12 at 14:34
1
@user142485 - Of course I wasn't.
– Ramhound
Oct 1 '13 at 11:36
add a comment |
You give me to much credit. While I do use SpinRite, the knowlege I share about SpinRite, is based on the author's knowlege. He hosts a podcast calledSecurity Now!every week.
– Ramhound
Sep 5 '12 at 14:28
@Ramhound I was wondering if Steve was paying you to say this.
– user142485
Sep 6 '12 at 14:34
1
@user142485 - Of course I wasn't.
– Ramhound
Oct 1 '13 at 11:36
You give me to much credit. While I do use SpinRite, the knowlege I share about SpinRite, is based on the author's knowlege. He hosts a podcast called
Security Now! every week.– Ramhound
Sep 5 '12 at 14:28
You give me to much credit. While I do use SpinRite, the knowlege I share about SpinRite, is based on the author's knowlege. He hosts a podcast called
Security Now! every week.– Ramhound
Sep 5 '12 at 14:28
@Ramhound I was wondering if Steve was paying you to say this.
– user142485
Sep 6 '12 at 14:34
@Ramhound I was wondering if Steve was paying you to say this.
– user142485
Sep 6 '12 at 14:34
1
1
@user142485 - Of course I wasn't.
– Ramhound
Oct 1 '13 at 11:36
@user142485 - Of course I wasn't.
– Ramhound
Oct 1 '13 at 11:36
add a comment |
Use xperf from the WPT (part of the Windows 8 SDK) to trace the disk IO:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2009/08/17/xperf-to-investigate-slow-i-o-issues.aspx
answered Nov 19 '12 at 22:57
magicandre1981magicandre1981
81.8k20126204
add a comment |
Use xperf from the WPT (part of the Windows 8 SDK) to trace the disk IO:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2009/08/17/xperf-to-investigate-slow-i-o-issues.aspx
answered Nov 19 '12 at 22:57
magicandre1981magicandre1981
81.8k20126204
add a comment |
Use xperf from the WPT (part of the Windows 8 SDK) to trace the disk IO:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2009/08/17/xperf-to-investigate-slow-i-o-issues.aspx
answered Nov 19 '12 at 22:57
magicandre1981magicandre1981
81.8k20126204
Use xperf from the WPT (part of the Windows 8 SDK) to trace the disk IO:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2009/08/17/xperf-to-investigate-slow-i-o-issues.aspx
answered Nov 19 '12 at 22:57
magicandre1981magicandre1981
81.8k20126204
answered Nov 19 '12 at 22:57
magicandre1981magicandre1981
81.8k20126204
answered Nov 19 '12 at 22:57
magicandre1981magicandre1981
81.8k20126204
answered Nov 19 '12 at 22:57
magicandre1981magicandre1981
81.8k20126204
81.8k20126204
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add a comment |
To others: I had this exact same problem. Nearly identical screenshot to this one. Max usage, low throughput, latency through the roof. I tried disabling services--like indexing--, chkdsk, power management options, and even crazy things like disabling IPv6 per an Amazon review of my drive (desperate, I know). Nothing I did worked. So I did some research on my drive and unfortunately found that many many other users were experiencing the same issue.
Ultimately, I emailed the manufacturer of my drive and laid out my case, stating that this drive model was defective and requesting that I can send it in and receive the next model up in return (which has 1000+ good reviews). A friendly phone call later and for a very small fee, they complied (negotiate down their fee!). Yesterday I got the new drive and it's night and day. Incomparable. The old SSD was slower than spinning by a large margin, and the new one feels like every other proper SSD I've used. It's wonderful.
If you found this page because of similar issues, spinning or SSD, I'd highly suggest you do some Googling and potentially follow-up with the manufacturer to exchange it. I am very glad I did. Good luck.
answered Jan 16 '13 at 0:17
Tyler ForsytheTyler Forsythe
1464
I know sometimes this can be related to firmware on the SSD. So you can try upgrading the firmware before replacing the drive
– Jonathan
Nov 14 '16 at 22:58
2
What type of SSD was it?
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:09
I had a WD black installed giving the same problem. I think the hard drive was just broken however because it was working fine for 2 years.I tried formatting , this did not help. my solution was replacing it
– DarkPh03n1X
May 25 '18 at 23:29
I had a brand new Seagate Barracuda 8 TB drive behave this way. After 15-20 minutes of heavy write usage its write speed would drop to almost nothing and it'd peg at 100% Active and stay there forever (until I rebooted). After a day of trying all the desperate fixes I could find online I finally gave up and replaced it with a new drive, problem solved.
– Jim
Nov 9 '18 at 21:52
add a comment |
To others: I had this exact same problem. Nearly identical screenshot to this one. Max usage, low throughput, latency through the roof. I tried disabling services--like indexing--, chkdsk, power management options, and even crazy things like disabling IPv6 per an Amazon review of my drive (desperate, I know). Nothing I did worked. So I did some research on my drive and unfortunately found that many many other users were experiencing the same issue.
Ultimately, I emailed the manufacturer of my drive and laid out my case, stating that this drive model was defective and requesting that I can send it in and receive the next model up in return (which has 1000+ good reviews). A friendly phone call later and for a very small fee, they complied (negotiate down their fee!). Yesterday I got the new drive and it's night and day. Incomparable. The old SSD was slower than spinning by a large margin, and the new one feels like every other proper SSD I've used. It's wonderful.
If you found this page because of similar issues, spinning or SSD, I'd highly suggest you do some Googling and potentially follow-up with the manufacturer to exchange it. I am very glad I did. Good luck.
answered Jan 16 '13 at 0:17
Tyler ForsytheTyler Forsythe
1464
I know sometimes this can be related to firmware on the SSD. So you can try upgrading the firmware before replacing the drive
– Jonathan
Nov 14 '16 at 22:58
2
What type of SSD was it?
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:09
I had a WD black installed giving the same problem. I think the hard drive was just broken however because it was working fine for 2 years.I tried formatting , this did not help. my solution was replacing it
– DarkPh03n1X
May 25 '18 at 23:29
I had a brand new Seagate Barracuda 8 TB drive behave this way. After 15-20 minutes of heavy write usage its write speed would drop to almost nothing and it'd peg at 100% Active and stay there forever (until I rebooted). After a day of trying all the desperate fixes I could find online I finally gave up and replaced it with a new drive, problem solved.
– Jim
Nov 9 '18 at 21:52
add a comment |
To others: I had this exact same problem. Nearly identical screenshot to this one. Max usage, low throughput, latency through the roof. I tried disabling services--like indexing--, chkdsk, power management options, and even crazy things like disabling IPv6 per an Amazon review of my drive (desperate, I know). Nothing I did worked. So I did some research on my drive and unfortunately found that many many other users were experiencing the same issue.
Ultimately, I emailed the manufacturer of my drive and laid out my case, stating that this drive model was defective and requesting that I can send it in and receive the next model up in return (which has 1000+ good reviews). A friendly phone call later and for a very small fee, they complied (negotiate down their fee!). Yesterday I got the new drive and it's night and day. Incomparable. The old SSD was slower than spinning by a large margin, and the new one feels like every other proper SSD I've used. It's wonderful.
If you found this page because of similar issues, spinning or SSD, I'd highly suggest you do some Googling and potentially follow-up with the manufacturer to exchange it. I am very glad I did. Good luck.
answered Jan 16 '13 at 0:17
Tyler ForsytheTyler Forsythe
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To others: I had this exact same problem. Nearly identical screenshot to this one. Max usage, low throughput, latency through the roof. I tried disabling services--like indexing--, chkdsk, power management options, and even crazy things like disabling IPv6 per an Amazon review of my drive (desperate, I know). Nothing I did worked. So I did some research on my drive and unfortunately found that many many other users were experiencing the same issue.
Ultimately, I emailed the manufacturer of my drive and laid out my case, stating that this drive model was defective and requesting that I can send it in and receive the next model up in return (which has 1000+ good reviews). A friendly phone call later and for a very small fee, they complied (negotiate down their fee!). Yesterday I got the new drive and it's night and day. Incomparable. The old SSD was slower than spinning by a large margin, and the new one feels like every other proper SSD I've used. It's wonderful.
If you found this page because of similar issues, spinning or SSD, I'd highly suggest you do some Googling and potentially follow-up with the manufacturer to exchange it. I am very glad I did. Good luck.
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I know sometimes this can be related to firmware on the SSD. So you can try upgrading the firmware before replacing the drive
– Jonathan
Nov 14 '16 at 22:58
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What type of SSD was it?
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:09
I had a WD black installed giving the same problem. I think the hard drive was just broken however because it was working fine for 2 years.I tried formatting , this did not help. my solution was replacing it
– DarkPh03n1X
May 25 '18 at 23:29
I had a brand new Seagate Barracuda 8 TB drive behave this way. After 15-20 minutes of heavy write usage its write speed would drop to almost nothing and it'd peg at 100% Active and stay there forever (until I rebooted). After a day of trying all the desperate fixes I could find online I finally gave up and replaced it with a new drive, problem solved.
– Jim
Nov 9 '18 at 21:52
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I know sometimes this can be related to firmware on the SSD. So you can try upgrading the firmware before replacing the drive
– Jonathan
Nov 14 '16 at 22:58
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What type of SSD was it?
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:09
I had a WD black installed giving the same problem. I think the hard drive was just broken however because it was working fine for 2 years.I tried formatting , this did not help. my solution was replacing it
– DarkPh03n1X
May 25 '18 at 23:29
I had a brand new Seagate Barracuda 8 TB drive behave this way. After 15-20 minutes of heavy write usage its write speed would drop to almost nothing and it'd peg at 100% Active and stay there forever (until I rebooted). After a day of trying all the desperate fixes I could find online I finally gave up and replaced it with a new drive, problem solved.
– Jim
Nov 9 '18 at 21:52
I know sometimes this can be related to firmware on the SSD. So you can try upgrading the firmware before replacing the drive
– Jonathan
Nov 14 '16 at 22:58
I know sometimes this can be related to firmware on the SSD. So you can try upgrading the firmware before replacing the drive
– Jonathan
Nov 14 '16 at 22:58
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What type of SSD was it?
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:09
What type of SSD was it?
– Petah
Mar 25 '17 at 9:09
I had a WD black installed giving the same problem. I think the hard drive was just broken however because it was working fine for 2 years.I tried formatting , this did not help. my solution was replacing it
– DarkPh03n1X
May 25 '18 at 23:29
I had a WD black installed giving the same problem. I think the hard drive was just broken however because it was working fine for 2 years.I tried formatting , this did not help. my solution was replacing it
– DarkPh03n1X
May 25 '18 at 23:29
I had a brand new Seagate Barracuda 8 TB drive behave this way. After 15-20 minutes of heavy write usage its write speed would drop to almost nothing and it'd peg at 100% Active and stay there forever (until I rebooted). After a day of trying all the desperate fixes I could find online I finally gave up and replaced it with a new drive, problem solved.
– Jim
Nov 9 '18 at 21:52
I had a brand new Seagate Barracuda 8 TB drive behave this way. After 15-20 minutes of heavy write usage its write speed would drop to almost nothing and it'd peg at 100% Active and stay there forever (until I rebooted). After a day of trying all the desperate fixes I could find online I finally gave up and replaced it with a new drive, problem solved.
– Jim
Nov 9 '18 at 21:52
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I found that Windows Update is a culprit. When I stop Windows Update Service, Disk read down to 5%.
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Can you confirm this with resource manager?
– soandos
Apr 4 '13 at 17:39
This solved the issue for me. Oddly, Windows Update looked stuck in control panel, but was taking up 80-90% of my disk activity in task manager.
– AdmiralAdama
Jan 15 at 12:31
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I found that Windows Update is a culprit. When I stop Windows Update Service, Disk read down to 5%.
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Can you confirm this with resource manager?
– soandos
Apr 4 '13 at 17:39
This solved the issue for me. Oddly, Windows Update looked stuck in control panel, but was taking up 80-90% of my disk activity in task manager.
– AdmiralAdama
Jan 15 at 12:31
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I found that Windows Update is a culprit. When I stop Windows Update Service, Disk read down to 5%.
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I found that Windows Update is a culprit. When I stop Windows Update Service, Disk read down to 5%.
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Can you confirm this with resource manager?
– soandos
Apr 4 '13 at 17:39
This solved the issue for me. Oddly, Windows Update looked stuck in control panel, but was taking up 80-90% of my disk activity in task manager.
– AdmiralAdama
Jan 15 at 12:31
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Can you confirm this with resource manager?
– soandos
Apr 4 '13 at 17:39
This solved the issue for me. Oddly, Windows Update looked stuck in control panel, but was taking up 80-90% of my disk activity in task manager.
– AdmiralAdama
Jan 15 at 12:31
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Can you confirm this with resource manager?
– soandos
Apr 4 '13 at 17:39
Can you confirm this with resource manager?
– soandos
Apr 4 '13 at 17:39
This solved the issue for me. Oddly, Windows Update looked stuck in control panel, but was taking up 80-90% of my disk activity in task manager.
– AdmiralAdama
Jan 15 at 12:31
This solved the issue for me. Oddly, Windows Update looked stuck in control panel, but was taking up 80-90% of my disk activity in task manager.
– AdmiralAdama
Jan 15 at 12:31
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My download-HDD had almost the same symptoms.
It ended up being the SATA port which had broken, making the HDD go to 100% activity, but not reading or writing anything, whenever the HDD wrote to itself.
I solved it, by simply moving the SATA cable for the affected harddrive to another port.
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My download-HDD had almost the same symptoms.
It ended up being the SATA port which had broken, making the HDD go to 100% activity, but not reading or writing anything, whenever the HDD wrote to itself.
I solved it, by simply moving the SATA cable for the affected harddrive to another port.
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My download-HDD had almost the same symptoms.
It ended up being the SATA port which had broken, making the HDD go to 100% activity, but not reading or writing anything, whenever the HDD wrote to itself.
I solved it, by simply moving the SATA cable for the affected harddrive to another port.
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My download-HDD had almost the same symptoms.
It ended up being the SATA port which had broken, making the HDD go to 100% activity, but not reading or writing anything, whenever the HDD wrote to itself.
I solved it, by simply moving the SATA cable for the affected harddrive to another port.
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Check if you have drive indexing turned on. In the past I've heard HDDs rip like chainsaws as they look over every file on the drive. Try disabling it temporarily from services and see if that changes anything.
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You should describe the steps needed to do this.
– Black
Jan 25 '18 at 8:50
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Check if you have drive indexing turned on. In the past I've heard HDDs rip like chainsaws as they look over every file on the drive. Try disabling it temporarily from services and see if that changes anything.
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You should describe the steps needed to do this.
– Black
Jan 25 '18 at 8:50
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Check if you have drive indexing turned on. In the past I've heard HDDs rip like chainsaws as they look over every file on the drive. Try disabling it temporarily from services and see if that changes anything.
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Check if you have drive indexing turned on. In the past I've heard HDDs rip like chainsaws as they look over every file on the drive. Try disabling it temporarily from services and see if that changes anything.
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You should describe the steps needed to do this.
– Black
Jan 25 '18 at 8:50
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You should describe the steps needed to do this.
– Black
Jan 25 '18 at 8:50
You should describe the steps needed to do this.
– Black
Jan 25 '18 at 8:50
You should describe the steps needed to do this.
– Black
Jan 25 '18 at 8:50
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Are there any read errors on the disk (not reported to windows if the disk can eventually read the data on its own. Even if that takes a long time before it succeeds). - Check SMART data for increasing reallocated sectors.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:25
@Hennes 39 of those, and 100 each of uncorrectable sector count and pending sector count
– soandos
Sep 5 '12 at 13:26
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Having such problems on a disk is not a problem. Every modern disk has at least a few. But keep monitoring. If that number increases then you have a problem (and likely also the reason for the low performance). If it stays the same then it is something else.
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:50
BTW: Not all SMART values are standardised. But Seagate has nice manual for your drive at manualowl.com/m/Seagate/ST9500420AS/Manual/51279?page=32
– Hennes
Sep 5 '12 at 13:55
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I'm glad running chkdsk fixed this, but you could also check the Processes tab and sort by disk activity to see what is using the disk. I do this every time I boot, just because I'm like that.
– Mark Allen
Sep 6 '12 at 19:03