Disk runs at 100% hangs and freezes windows 8.1

[FuzzyRedFox]

Ever since i got my pc it has had this issue. I thought updates would fix it because the last pc i bought had the same problem. When it freezes i can move the mouse but everything else is unresponsive for a while. It often freezes after the pc has started up or when im browsing, often at random times when i just have paint open and nothing else. All my drivers are up to date. i run ccleaner everyday. I use MalwareBytes. i tried disabling my cloud, changing my power settings and reinstalling everything, nothing seems to work. ive had this pc for about 6 months and updates havent been able to fix the problem. Even before i got malwarebytes and avast the problem has been there. System often makes disk go to 100%, a lot of times it says its service host too. I feel as though i have tried everything. I'm frustrated. Any help would be greatly appreciated.



Windows 8.1 64bit
AMD FX-8350 Eight Core processor 4ghz
16Gb ram
Nvida GeForce GTX 760 2Gb

 

[Nuccii]

Can you tell from the Task Manager which process is running high?

 

[lastof]

Try disabling these two services:

Windows Key + R > type services.msc > find the Windows Search service, dbl-click it and disable > find Superfetch service, dbl-click and disable.

Is the problem rectified? If not, go back into your services console and re-enable (set startup to automatic) both. As Nuccii suggested, go into Task Manager (rt.click the taskbar in Desktop mode) and watch the Processes tab to see exactly which process is eating up your resources.

 

[FuzzyRedFox]

ussually when its at 100% the ones coming up that are high sometimes all at once, but ussually one at a time are labeled as system which comes up as ntoskrnl when i hit propertys, service host:local system (network restricted) (10), also 11,12 and 7 which comes up as svchost when i go to propertys. sometimes nvida does the same thing. chrome too, so i deleted chrome

 

[lastof]

ussually when its at 100% the ones coming up that are high sometimes all at once, but ussually one at a time are labeled as system which comes up as ntoskrnl when i hit propertys, service host:local system (network restricted) (10), also 11,12 and 7 which comes up as svchost when i go to propertys. sometimes nvida does the same thing. chrome too, so i deleted chrome

Did you try what I suggested?

 

[FuzzyRedFox]

Yes i have tried what you suggested. it didnt help. its not always the same processes freezing it up either. ive taken a screenshot when it started to freeze. nothing else was responsive, i was surprised i was able to get it.

 

[Nuccii]

Are you able to scroll down to see what other processes may be running high? Might also help to use resource monitor.

 

[jumanji]

Hi FuzzyRedFox,

Go alongwith what Nuccii suggests - I don't want to stop it , but alongside check whether Network Discovery (svchost.exe of Windows uPnp (universal plug-and-play) service) is causing the problem.

Refer to the screenshot below, "Turn off network discovery" > "Save changes"



If it does not resolve the problem, go back and enable it as before.

 

[FuzzyRedFox]

ive already tried turning off network discovery it did not seem to help. im not sure what the resource monitor is either. i found something new today though. automatic maintenance is suppost to start when im not using it. im not sure if it was doing this before too, but it keeps starting automatic maintenance when im using it, which is freezing it up. is there a way to disable it? im hoping its the only thing causing the freezing

 

[Nuccii]

Turn on or turn off automatic maintenance

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/34374-automatic-maintenance-enable-disable-windows-8-a.html

I don't believe this is thee source of your problem though.

 

[FuzzyRedFox]

ok. i have disabled idle maintenance anyways. im hopeing this will help. automatic maintenance is still on, but its scheduled. what is the resource monitor?

 

[jcdio]

I also had this problem. Tried disabling superfetch, maintenance, etc. but nothing seemed to work. Still getting that 100% disk usage. What solved this issue for me is by disabling my DVD drive in the "Device Manager". Try it. When you notice that your computer is getting sluggish and is reaching 100% disk usage, disable your DVD drive. It works like a charm.

 

[FuzzyRedFox]

i tried disabling automatic maintenance. at first i just tried disabling the idle, then it started up again. so i tried disabling regular maintenance just like in the tutorial u sent me. it keeps starting up anyways. this is super annoying.
i also tried disabling my dvd drive like he said, that didn't seem to help with the freezing. i didnt think that id get so much trouble with Microsoft pcs. im almost ready to switch to mac. this is ridiculous.

 

[FuzzyRedFox]

i got mad and ended up deleting all the tasks in the task schedualer because when i disabled it, itd start itself back up anyways. just in case, is there a place i could redownload the tasks? i dont know all of what the tasks were that it did... and im not sure if itd screw up my pc.

 

[FuzzyRedFox]

do u guys have any more suggestions that may help with my pc freezing?