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1344854 2013-06-06 07:51:00 Hey, pic attached. Specs as below. Anyone have any suggestions as to why disk usage is always at 100%? Computer is very very slow, even though it is basically a clean install of windows 8. All drivers installed and no viruses etc. I'll put a 4GB stick of ram into it when I get a chance (gfs laptop) but for now just wondering if there may be something running, causing disk usage to sit at 100% which may be causing some of the lag?

Thanks

Sony E Series Notebook
Intel Pentium p6000 1.86Ghz
320GB HDD (Not sure of rpm, presumably 5400?)
2GB DDR3 (?) notebook ram
Integrated graphics

Side note: Which top web browser has lowest memory usage?

Picture: i.imgur.com
xyz823 (13649)
1344855 2013-06-06 07:57:00 Fresh install? Proabably indexing or something. Try leaving it running for a day or so, in my experiance if it's a system task indexing or working something out it'll fix itself up The Error Guy (14052)
1344856 2013-06-06 08:59:00 Have a look in Task Manager see which processes are using the most cpu time, work the cause out from there.

Not on Win8 computer at the moment it is in a cold room, lol, so can't give more detail.
zqwerty (97)
1344857 2013-06-06 09:18:00 Scroll down the Disk Usage, something should show whats using it, that Pic only shows about 1/4 of it.

Could also be windows updates, W8 does update automatically as soon as its connected to the internet after a install.

Also have a look at the App History as well, that will tell you whats been happening.

2GB of RAM is low for W8, so if it is updates they wont install very fast.
wainuitech (129)
1344858 2013-06-06 21:51:00 Try the performance tab as well, from memory I think it'll graph the disk usage so you can see if it's truly sitting at 100% all the time.
It could be swap file usage causing some of it so the RAM may help, it should make the PC feel faster in general anyway.
dugimodo (138)
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