Acer Aspire 3 A315-53G 100% disk usage

CasperWolf

I have 100% disk usage problem since I changed my laptop HDD on warranty in a recommended store by Acer in my region, and they insisted on the HDD has no problem. Can anyone tell me the solution if they faced same problem on Acer Aspire 3 A315-53G

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StevenGen

CasperWolf said:

I have 100% disk usage problem since I changed my laptop HDD on warranty in a recommended store by Acer in my region, and they insisted on the HDD has no problem. Can anyone tell me the solution if they faced same problem on Acer Aspire 3 A315-53G

Kindly follow the steps below and check if it will resolve the issue

Run a system file checker to verify the integrity of windows system files on your computer making sure that there are no corrupted files on your windows.

Perform SFC Scan and Repair Windows Image
This process will perform scan for any corrupted system files or integrity violation and will attempt to repair it along with the Windows Image.

1. Open command prompt with administrator access
2. Type each command below and wait until scan is completed.

SFC /scannow
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Note: While the command is running, it's expected to see the process stuck at 20 or 40 percent. After a few minutes, the process will complete successfully.

Once you complete the steps, the Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool will connect to the Windows Update servers to download and replace any damaged files in the local image for Windows 10 as necessary.

3. Close the command prompt.

After the scan completes, kindly check for available updates on your computer

Press windows key + I
Click on Updates and Security
Click on Check for Updates
Wait until windows fetches all available updates and install them on your computer.

After the updates completes, restart the computer for the changes to take effect.

After restart, perform a clean boot on your computer

Perform Clean Boot
This process will eliminate 3rd party application running in the background of your computer along with services that are not needed to run windows. If there's any conflicting 3rd party application that causes the issue on your computer, this process will stop it.

1. Open the run box by pressing the Windows Key + R and type "msconfig"
2. System Configuration Utility box will open and by default you are on "General" tab.
3. On the General tab, click the selective startup and make sure that load system service and load startup items both have checked mark.
4. Click on services tab
5. Put a check mark on Hide All Microsoft Services > This is a very important part as if you miss to click on this, computer might not boot properly or permanently and will end up on clean installation.
6. Once Hide all Microsoft Services have checked mark on it, click on Disable All
7. Click on the Startup Tab and click open task manager. This will open another window which contains all your startup applications on the administrator account.
8. Disable all application that you're not using. You can simply just click on them and select disable.
9. Click OK , Apply and close the configuration utility
10. Restart the computer again and check if the same issue appears.

And lastly: if the reason behind the 100% disk usage is an unusual amount of unnecessary files, the Disk Cleanup feature ought to do the trick. With the cleanup, you will be able to weed out and delete temporary files cache, etc. This can help reduce the weight on your disk and in turn, lower the disk usage percentage.

Hope this will help you out and have a great day!

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@CasperWolf

I believe the main reason that your laptop HDD is running at 100% is because you are still using the traditional HDD, a technolgy of more than two decades, which has something like ~110 MB/s read. Some temporary files and cache build up plus plenty of of startup files will make it real slow and always busy at close to 100% usage.

If you follow @StevenGen's instructions and still find the HDD slow, the best bet will be replacing the HDD with M.2 NVMe SSD (~3,400 MB/s read) or  a 2.5" SATA3 SSD ( ~550 MB/s read) will be much faster than the existing HDD.

There are just so many Aspire 3 A315-53G models. I think if your laptop using 8th generation or later Intel CPU, there is a very good chance that you can use PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 NVMe SSD . If you can open the back of the laptop and take some pictures and post here we can tell if the M.2 slot is available for the M.2 NVMe SSD.