Storage Solutions 100% HDD Usage on newly formatted system

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TheITN3RD

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Recently installed windows 10, since then my hdd is always 100% , i tried task manager it is barely 33 % but resource monitor showing very high read/write for system.exe, resource monitor showing as high read / write speed.. but there no further info available.


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Have tried the following:

SFC /scannow
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
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No use. As per this post there is no storahci.sys , instead it has this:

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Also tried solutions from this post but no use.

I recently switched from Kingston SSD to HP because the health went down to 80% ....i dont know know what to next?
 
Two tests,
  1. Does the HDD usage go down (red light less blinking) when you are actively using your computer, say watching YouTube?
  2. Do you get full HDD copy paste performance?
If answer is yes to both then ignore that HDD usage. It's normal for windows version 7+. It's not a bad thing and it'll settle down after a few days.
 
lockhrt999 said:
Two tests,
  1. Does the HDD usage go down (red light less blinking) when you are actively using your computer, say watching YouTube?
  2. Do you get full HDD copy paste performance?
If answer is yes to both then ignore that HDD usage. It's normal for windows version 7+. It's not a bad thing and it'll settle down after a few days.
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hold up isnt this a ssd issue we are talking here?
 
just leave it for 30 minutes and see if the usage goes down, you said its freshly installed Windows Yes? Windows does a lot of background stuff after the installation is done. leave it running for 30 minutes to an hour on idle do nothing, maybe disable sleep mode temporarily and leave it. report back later.
 
lockhrt999 said:
I couldn't tell. He said HDD and also has one in his system as per the task manager.
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Yea, but the issue is on the SSD instead

Doesn't seem normal, but I would recommend to install same edition of windows on the other SSD, and to check if the problem persists.
If yes, issue with the controller on the mobo, else issue with the SSD itself.
 
i had this exact same issue on a freshly installed windows. hdd usage abnormally stays at 100% with little to no data transfer and there are massive lags. in my case the issue was physical connection. after cleaning the connectors and few replugs of sata connector, the issue was sorted. dont know what worked.

there is a huge risk of bad sectors being created if the drive is used even for short time in this condition. in my case it resulted in brand new ssd losing 10% health.
 
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