Occasionally accessing the secondary drive (HDD) for 10 to 20 seconds, but nothing appears to function.
Occasionally accessing the secondary drive (HDD) for 10 to 20 seconds, but nothing appears to function.
Hi, I understand the situation. You're using a Windows 10 Home x64 system with the latest non-preview version. About a week ago, while playing music during gaming on your main drive (OEM RAID 0 NVMe), the VLC player stopped working. When you opened Task Manager from the taskbar, it only launched after the music started. Later, you noticed your secondary drive was at 100% usage, and you couldn't find the program or services causing the issue in Task Manager or Resource Monitor. You also experienced Explorer and other primary-drive apps acting slow or unresponsive during heavy load.
What you've tried so far:
- Restarted your PC
- Disabled SysMain Service
- Turned off Link State Power Management / Link Power Management
I'm not sure what else to try, but anyone can help.
Identify the source of the HDD strain. It might indicate a failing hard drive. Perform diagnostics or check the resource manager to determine if a specific program or process is causing this heavy usage.