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Constant writing to hard disk
Hello,
Today I noticed my hard drive is non-stop being written to, it is so bad I constantly hear it clicking and I am afraid at this rate it might burn itself out in a matter of days.
Usually it is the system process that is writing copious amounts of data, but I cannot pinpoint the reason behind it. I have no antivirus software and indexing service is turned off.
Here is a screenshot of Resource Monitor:
Closing Google Chrome did nothing to improve the HDD hogging.
Computer type PC/Desktop OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Same issue
Mine is even worse.
When I have Chrome open, the system constantly writes 180 KB/s to the disk. Most of them to the pagefile.
On the other hand, the system only use 31% of the 16GB memory.
I think this happens after recent update of Chrome.
Computer type Laptop Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba R30-A OS Windows 7 Enterprise x64 CPU Intel Core i7-4700MQ Memory DDR3 1600 16 GB Monitor(s) Displays ASUS PB238Q Antivirus Kaspersky Internet Security 2016 Browser Google Chrome
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How long has it been working non-stop? It is going to run while indexing things, but maybe an hour. How long has it been going?
Computer type PC/Desktop Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 CPU Intel Core i3-2120 3.30Ghz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Socket H2 ATX Memory Kingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz Graphics Card(s) AMD Radeon HD6670 Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-Bit Monitor(s) Displays Asus VE228 Screen Resolution 1440 X 900 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB Sata 3 SSD == PSU Corsair CX600M == 600 Watt Case NZXT Apollo - Silver with Clear Side Panel Cooling Three 120 mm Fans Keyboard Microsoft Natural 4000 Mouse Microsoft Custom Optical 3000 Internet Speed AT&T Fiber Optic Wireless Network Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser Chrome Other Info 120 mm Blue LED Fan -- Three Blue LED Lazer Light Sticks
I believe it has run several days because I don't really turn off my computer.
Computer type Laptop Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba R30-A OS Windows 7 Enterprise x64 CPU Intel Core i7-4700MQ Memory DDR3 1600 16 GB Monitor(s) Displays ASUS PB238Q Antivirus Kaspersky Internet Security 2016 Browser Google Chrome
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If you have not turned it off recently, please do that for 10 minutes and then reboot. Sometimes a reboot does wonders.
Computer type PC/Desktop Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 CPU Intel Core i3-2120 3.30Ghz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Socket H2 ATX Memory Kingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz Graphics Card(s) AMD Radeon HD6670 Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-Bit Monitor(s) Displays Asus VE228 Screen Resolution 1440 X 900 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB Sata 3 SSD == PSU Corsair CX600M == 600 Watt Case NZXT Apollo - Silver with Clear Side Panel Cooling Three 120 mm Fans Keyboard Microsoft Natural 4000 Mouse Microsoft Custom Optical 3000 Internet Speed AT&T Fiber Optic Wireless Network Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser Chrome Other Info 120 mm Blue LED Fan -- Three Blue LED Lazer Light Sticks
