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Hello,
I am Amrit and I am having a issue that whenever I leave my laptop idle in my task manger the disk usage goes high up and i updated my windows still the issue persists and from 2 weeks i am not aslo able to update windows, it always fails. I have tried everything and one day due to high data usage in my laptop due to updates I paused it for 7 days and disable windows update and update orchester services then it worked fine for 7 days, so is this issue related to windows update? If not resovled soon then I will have to switch to linux or anyother OS.
Thanks in advance.
Update 1= I have paused windows update due to my classes and then the Disk usage dropped to 0-30%.
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Hi AmritShahi1, thanks for the feedback. You can run the Windows update truobleshooter.
Open Settings> Update and Security > Troubleshoot
Then click Additional Troubleshooter and select Windows Update, click Run Troubleshooter and follow the instructions.
If that did not work, follow the steps for an inplace upgrade.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...
Let me know if you need further assistance.
Well it has turned out that windows update is my culprit yesterday i tried updating my laptop but it failed and the disk usage got low
Thanks but can I get a fix for windows update or I will have to disable it until next feature update and I had tried your fix from other question in this website.
Well it has turned out that windows update is my culprit yesterday i tried updating my laptop but it failed and the disk usage got low
Thanks but can I get a fix for windows update or I will have to disable it until next feature update.
Hello,
See if this fix helps you:
https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-windows-10-100-percent-disk-usage-problem
Let us know if this helps!
Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP.
Hi AmritShahi1. Thank you for reaching out. My name is Jayson, a user just like you. I'll be glad to assist you.
There could be a lot of factors affecting disk usage. First, perform a clean boot. When you start Windows, some background apps also start, disable all the apps then monitor your disk if there are any improvements, then if there are improvments, enable one by one the apps and see which apps is affecting the disk usage. Please see the link below on how to perform clean boot.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-t...
You can also check the link below and follow the instructions on how to rectify the disk usage.
https://appuals.com/100-disk-usage-windows-10/
If the above steps did not solve the issue, please perform an inplace upgrade. See the link below for the steps.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...
You can also perform a Windows recovery, but please note that Windows recovery will delete your apps and files, so do this as a last option only and make sure to back up your files.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/rec...
Hope this helps. Let me know how it goes.
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