Device is experiencing instability; hard drive usage is fully engaged.
Device is experiencing instability; hard drive usage is fully engaged.
-Windows 10- On March 1st I noticed my computer stopped working. It booted up slowly, showing a black spinning wheel after the usual logo. Logging in took longer than usual. Once inside, the lag persisted. I checked Task Manager and everything seemed fine except disk usage, which stayed at 100%. Further troubleshooting revealed the system froze except for mouse movement. A small window appeared in the bottom left to close a stuck process. When I clicked it, the whole screen went dark, then turned blue with the error “critical process died.” Things I tried: tried two restore points, rolled back the Nvidia driver, used DDU to remove the driver, booted without graphics, ran system maintenance (no success), used DISM from command prompt. It looks like the problem might be linked to the disk being completely full before the crash.
Verify disk condition first. Restart the system into your recovery setup. Use disk management to display available volumes, exit the interface, and then navigate with dir /s /b for each volume. The folder listing Windows should point to your boot drive. Insert that volume letter into chkdsk with /r option. This will detect and attempt repair of any faulty sectors. After completion, restart the machine. On the login screen, press power button, hold Shift, then click restart. At the options menu, choose Troubleshoot → Advanced → Start-up Settings → Restart. Enter 5 to launch Safe Mode. Once inside, run Adware, Hitmanpro, and the free Kaspersky scanner. If no threats appear, open System Configuration, set boot to Selected Startup and disable startup items, then restart. If problems persist, consider reinstalling Windows.