Disk Problems

[Potter]

Hey,

I seem to be having a problem with my disk drive, it continuously displays as using 99% or 100% of the drive and it slows down the computer a bit, it started intermittently and now does it on a full time basis, I've had a google, but I'm not the most technical so Id appreciate any help you could throw my way.

Regards,

[R. F. Nelson]

When you say disk drive, do you mean your harddrive? In my day, disk drive meant the 3.5" floppy disk drive. Or do you mean one of your optical drives; CD, DVD, Blu-ray?

[Potter]

My bad, I meant my HDD, just wondering if anybody else had this problem before.

Regards,

[R. F. Nelson]

When you say it continuously displays as using 99% or 100% of the drive, are you referring to the drive reporting it's full in terms of available space, or that it's not idle, and continues to be active (writing data) 99%-100% of the time?

What's the make/model of the HDD, and how old is the harddrive?

[Derpy Rage]

IM haveing this problem too, im idling at 99-100%, dont know why exactly

[G. Knight]

If it's usage, could be your AV becoming a bit goofy.   Try disabling it, and see if it makes a difference, if so, delete the program and reinstall.

[Potter]

When you say it continuously displays as using 99% or 100% of the drive, are you referring to the drive reporting it's full in terms of available space, or that it's not idle, and continues to be active (writing data) 99%-100% of the time?

What's the make/model of the HDD, and how old is the hard drive?

The latter, it continues to be active, causing some lag to happen when opening programs and just general slow down, weirdly it states that its the system that's causing it to be at a high usage, I've doubled the virtual memory from 8 gb to 16 and that seems to have helped but I'm still getting the odd time when it is just idle and its at 99 or 100 percent. and I'm not running any program's.

Its a laptop HDD by acer, its about 5 to 6 months old since I bought it.

If it's usage, could be your AV becoming a bit goofy.   Try disabling it, and see if it makes a difference, if so, delete the program and reinstall.

I give it a go thanks.

Regards,

[SFC (Ret) M. Brewer]

If you haven't done a scan for malware, I'd try that as well.  Something like Malwarebytes or Ad-Aware is free and work well.

[2LT (Ret) Storm]

Can you plug in a different HHD and see if the *new* one has the same problem. That can help troubleshoot where the problem is coming from. Is it your HHD that is the root cause or something else?

I am thinking your HHD is simply going bad. If this is the case, you need to backup your files ASAP on another drive so that you don't risk losing important data.

[R. F. Nelson]

I always run a CHKDSK when trying to determine whether or not a harddrive is going bad, or if it's just simply files that are in error. If you're unsure of how to run this, open your Run command line (windows key+r, Win7), and type in CMD. After pressing the Enter key, you'll be greeted by a black background window with white text. In here, type the above CHKDSK /F (the /F stands for Fix) and press Enter. It will likely require you to restart your computer, and will ask if you want to schedule the CHKDSK after the restart, and before your OS and other programs load. Select yes (Press Y and hit Enter), and then restart your computer.

Whether or not the file structure is messed up, or whether or not there's other diagnostics it tries to run, will determine how much time the scan will take. But this can be a reliable way to help narrow down your issue. 

[Potter]

Thank you gents, I will try all of the above and post again when I get a chance,I really appreciate the help

Regards,