ignace Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hi, My mother-in-law asked me to check on her laptop (win8) and I tried but was unable to find a solution. The problem is that the hard-drive is at a constant 100% which makes the laptop really slow except in safe mode. Process list shows no process using 100% of the hdd, I already did a chkdsk and it returned no errors. I suspect it's due to the task scheduler and stopping the active tasks indeed lowers the hdd usage to 6-11% but it does not remain there probably because new tasks are started. I also removed several software which I suspected were the ones creating the tasks to no avail. It appears as if Windows itself is running tasks that slow down the laptop to a crawl, but disabling task scheduler does not seem a good idea. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/294057-laptop-trouble/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickOldCar Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) I would run malwarebytes on it to ensure not viruses. If problem still persists use process explorer to see what it is...then set those services to manual in administrative tools services. Edited January 19, 2015 by QuickOldCar Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/294057-laptop-trouble/#findComment-1503387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) I already ran an anti-virus which turned up one virus which it removed but it still goes to 100% hdd. Will try the process explorer. Edited January 20, 2015 by ignace Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/294057-laptop-trouble/#findComment-1503538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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