How to resolve unresponsive freezing caused by 100% disk usage in Windows 10?

1 year ago
Jackson Davis
2 minutes

Windows 10 disk usage stuck at 100% and unresponsive may be due to errors in the system or applications. Here are some possible solutions:

  1. Stop some system services: press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager, switch to the “Processes” tab, find the processes with high disk usage, right-click on it, and select “End Task”. Repeat this step until the disk usage goes down.
  2. Disable Windows Search service: Press Win + R keys to open the Run dialog box, type “services.msc”, locate and double-click on the “Windows Search” service, select “Disabled” in the “Startup type”, then click on “Stop”.
  3. Check disk errors: Open the Command Prompt (as administrator), type “chkdsk /f /r”, and press Enter. The system will ask if you want to run a disk check on the next restart, type “Y”, and then restart the computer.
  4. Update hardware drivers: open Device Manager, locate the disk drive, right-click on it, choose “update driver software,” then select “automatically search for updated driver software.”
  5. Free up disk space: Press the Win + R keys to open the Run dialog, type in “cleanmgr”, choose the disk you want to clean, and then click “OK”.
  6. Disable Superfetch and write cache: Press the Win + R keys to open the Run dialog, type “regedit”, locate and open the following registry path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters, change the values of the “EnableSuperfetch” and “EnablePrefetcher” keys to 0.

If the above methods do not solve the problem, you may need to consider reinstalling the operating system or contacting professional technical support.

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