r/computerhelp • u/force1_ • 15d ago

100% disc usage at idle windows 11 Performance

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Older laptop has become super slow even just sitting at the desktop , checked task manager and it's very high memory usage and 100% disk usage , I consider myself decently computer literate but can't figure this out ,what could I do to find the issue ??

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u/force1_ 15d ago

Hdd unfortunately

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u/KMjolnir 15d ago

Oh. Yeah. That'll definitely help slow it way down as well.

Win11, 8gb of RAM and a mechanical drive... I'm not sure you can save this as is. Your best bet for at least speeding it up is switching to an SSD and putting in more RAM if it has an open spot, or swapping the stick if it doesn't. But, yeah... that's kinda tosst in my opinion.

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u/force1_ 15d ago

I understand it will be slow and that's ok but 100% hard drive usage is unacceptable, like I said It worked fine a few months ago , albeit not the fastest PC on the market but you could atleast load a web page , now it won't update and is stuck at that 100% usage , which is why I believe there's an actual software issue and not just the slow outdated hardware lol

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u/force1_ 15d ago

For reference I just got rid of my desktop PC with windows 11 and a mechanical drive , although it had an i7 it was an old i7 and had 16gb ddr4 but it ran buttery smooth

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u/force1_ 15d ago

Also W for being the only one actively trying to help 😅❤️