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Tech Tip :How To Fix 100% Disk Usage On Windows by Lordsurh: 3:44pm On Sep 30, 2016


Your computer is hanging, after so many research you found out that your system drive saying 100% Disk Usage. Here we present how to fix 100% Disk Usage on Windows Operating system.

Recent Windows Operating systems have had the 100% Disk Usage because the drives are been over-worked, which ultimately slows down the operating system of the PC. This issue affects both hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs).

There are so many ways to solve the 100% Disk usage problem, it all depends on what exactly is causing the problem.

Below are the ways by which you can easily fix up this issue in your Windows operating System.

Option One: Disable Windows Search

1) Type cmd.exe in the search box. From the list of choice, right click Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator.



Click Yes at the UAC window prompt.



2) In the Command Prompt window, type in the following command:

net.exe stop “Windows search”

Then hit Enter.



If you would like to stop Windows search permanently, please do the following:

a) Press Windows key + R at the same time, and type in services.msc.

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b) Locate Windows Search option, double click it to enter its Properties window.



c) Change the Startup type to Disabled. Then click OK to save the change.



Check to see if the disk usage and the performance of your computer improve or not, if not, please move on.

See 4 others ways to solve it here>>>>http://smartgeek.com.ng/2016/09/30/fix-100-disk-usage-windows/

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