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100% hard disk active time in windows11.

Anonymous
2022-03-26T16:54:04+00:00

hello my name is arsalan ahmad quraishi and i am facing an issue of system slow boot & slow working. i opened my task manager app and saw 100% disk active time while disk usage is below 40%. I already did clean windows 11 installation but it didn't solve my problem. i fully scanned my all the hard disk with good antivirus nothing is found. checked my ram , hard disk and motherboard to ensure that those are not faulty. cpu temps are normal. updated all driver and windows update still facing slow performance. my hard disk is new 4tb wd blue and 4tb seagate baracuda. i tried to inter change these to check if there is any fault on hard disk hard disk was not faulty i checked it by plugging it into my friend's PC. every time i open any program first time after boot hard disk active time reaches suddenly 100% then after 7 to 8 seconds program opens and if close it and reopen it then it open suddenly. i know you might think that 7 to 8 seconds are normal time to open program in hdd but believe me my pc is slow. But it wasnt always slow when i assemled it. one day my pc gave a strange noise from cabinet and from that day this 100% active time of disk came. i also changed my psu and motherboard after that but still getting slow down problem. please help me its been a year facing this. faced this issue in windows 10 and 11.

system specifications:

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz

Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.8 GB usable)

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Motherboard Gigabyte H510M H

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Igor Leyko 111K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-03-26T19:25:01+00:00

    Hi Arsalan,

    My name is Igor, I have 12 Microsoft MVP awards. It's a pleasure for me to help others and I'll do all my best to help you. I'm sorry you have a problems.

    Seems this is normal for you hard drive. It uses SMR technology, it is used in many new hard drives. It allows to increase drive's capacity up to 15-20% but may cause slowness in some scenarios.

    Your drive writes a data not file by file but a mash of data as they are coming in to device. Then device reorganize the data in correct order. This reorganization is very slow process, appr. one write per second, so drive is heavy loaded for a long time even without noticeable read/write operations.

    You may verify SMR presence. Run command prompt as administrator and run a command

    fsutil fsinfo sectorinfo c:

    If TRIM is supported, you have SMR drive.

    Such drives are good for data storage but bad for a system. Sorry for bad news.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-03-26T17:30:23+00:00

    Good Day ArsalanAhmad4,

    My name is Carlo, I am also using Windows 11 pc and community member like you. Let us work together to sort this out.

    It appears that Avast and third-party apps taking most of the usage.

    First try to scan your computer using the free version of Malwarebytes scanner to check if there are malware or rootkits running in your system.

    Here's the link to download.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/thank...

    Once downloaded and installed open the app and perform a scan and check for infection.

    Once the scan is done try to uninstall the Avast using the Avast uninstaller.

    https://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility#pc

    Once done uninstalling restart your computer and check the usage in the task manager.

    I hope the information above helps. Please let me know how it goes.

    Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

    Sincerely,

    Carlo T.

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  3. Igor Leyko 111K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-03-27T14:51:49+00:00

    RAM may be compatible with one CPU+motherboard set but not fully compatible with another set. One need to check motherboard's QVL.

    I do not believe your problem is related with RAM or CPU.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-03-26T18:05:21+00:00

    I installed this avast antivirus today so this can't be the problem of my pc and I already scanned my pc with Malwarebytes from long ago didn't find any malwares or viruses, Trojans.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-03-26T18:27:15+00:00

    Good Day ArsalanAhmad4,

    I appreciate your time getting back to this thread, it appear that the app is taking most of the usage can you temporary uninstall it , then restart your computer using cleanboot and check the usage in the task manager.

    Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

    Sincerely,

    Carlo T.

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