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Windows 8 slow, 100% disk usage

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Gobaar -  
Hello everyone!

I'm writing on the forum to ask for help: I'm going crazy, I can't figure out what's going on, but for the past few days my computer has become "slow" and it's lagging intermittently.

When I check the task manager, I see that disk usage varies between 10% and 100% every ten seconds, even though no "heavy" software is running.

I've run plenty of scans with Ccleaner, Spybot, etc... they've fixed a few errors but nothing works, my PC is still just as slow.

For your information, it's a DELL Vostro i3 3110M @ 2.40GHz 2GB RAM.

Thanks for any help that will be welcome!

Anthony.

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  1. windows8.1
    In fact, the answer is quite simple.
    It's the "superfetch" service that is causing the problem.
    Indeed, it is responsible for the extreme disk usage on Windows 8 because it performs an optimization task that is only beneficial if you have an SSD.
    Enabled by default, this service can be easily disabled:

    - run: services.msc

    - in the list, find "superfetch"

    - disable it and then reboot

    If the service reactivates automatically, there’s a trick on the web

    Does this resolve the issues?
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    1. ben
      Thank you very much!!!
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    2. Pomfresh
      Thank you very much! No more disk at 100% issues.
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    3. Protocyde
      Thank you, that's the right solution! :)
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    4. Remiot
      thank you soooo much ^^
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    5. kernel
      @RemiotHello,
      A BIG THANK YOU, the disk usage went from 99% to 3% as soon as I disabled "superfetch."
      Previously, I had reinstalled the system, even did a chkdsk, a sfc /scannow, Adwcleaner, Malwarebytes, and antivirus... but nothing worked.
      I was fed up and then I came across this solution!
      Here is the tutorial to disable it
      http://www.pcastuces.com/pratique/windows/7/optimiser_ssd/page8.htm
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