Hello everybody!
This video will tell you what to do if your
computer or laptop gets too slow, and how
to reduce disk usage in Windows 10, 8, 7 and
Vista.
After buying a new laptop or a PC with the
latest version of Windows as a pre-installed
operating system, or after reinstalling/updating
their operating system, users often face the
problem of 100% disk usage.
This problem has a serious effect on performance
of your computer, it wears out your HDD or
SSD faster, and makes your work with the system
less comfortable.
This problem can also emerge for a number
of other reasons:
01.
There is too little free space in your system
drive.
Make sure your drive C has enough free space.
If you do have this problem, watch other videos
in our channel where we deal with this topic
in detail.
You will find the link in the description.
02.
This problem can also come from activities
of malware working in the background mode
and eating up your computer’s system resources.
We discussed this topic in detail in our previous
videos.
You will find the link in the description.
03.
Your hard disk may have logical errors.
Watch our previous videos to learn how to
fix them.
You will find the link in the description.
If dealing with these problems has not helped
you, we can share several other methods of
tackling them.
So how can you reduce excessive disk usage?
Step one
Enter “services” in the search field.
Find Windows Search and change its startup
type to “Disabled.”
As a result, content indexing, property caching
and search result caching for files, emails
and other content will be disabled, and it
will reduce disk usage.
Then find services “Superfetch” and “PreFetch”
and change their startup type to “Disabled.”
This function is not so necessary for modern
computers; what is more, it is recommended
to disable SuperFetch and PreFetch for SSDs.
Despite these services were developed to speed
up and optimize your operating system, in
practice they often use resources of your
PC in a very irrational way and can give a
hard time to your memory and hard disk even
in standby.
Then find “Background Intellectual Transfer
Service” (BITS) and change its startup type
to “Disabled.”
The work of this service can have a negative
effect on the bandwidth of your Internet connection,
and it can use your disk in the background
mode automatically downloading programs and
other data connected with Windows update center
or MSN Explorer.
Step two
Start Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift
+ Esc and choose the tab “Startup” to
see what applications start with the system.
If there are any programs you don’t use
but they put pressure on your system, you
can disable them by right-clicking on the
application name and selecting the option
“Disable.”
In the tab “Processes” you can also see
the list of tasks currently using your computer
- and the hard disk too.
It may be an antivirus running in the background
mode and so on.
If there are such processes, right-click on
them and select “End Task.”
Step three
1.
When installing or deleting updates, programs
or drivers, system restore points can be created
automatically.
It can slow down your computer.
Watch our previous videos to learn how to
enable or disable this process.
You will find the link in the description.
2.
Disable “File History” (if this function
loads your system too much), or assign a separate
physical disk for this process.
Watch our previous videos to learn how to
enable or disable File History.
You will find the link in the description.
3.
Disable automatic defragmentation.
Don’t forget to run defragmentation regularly,
but it’s worth disabling its automatic mode.
You can watch our previous videos to see how
to do it.
You will find the link in the description.
4.
Automatic updating of Windows, Office and
other software can also increase disk usage.
Most programs do it in the background mode.
Have a look in the Processes tab of the Task
Manager to find such programs.
In the previous step, I showed it with the
example of CCleaner, and you can find more
information in our previous videos.
You will find the link in the description.
5.
Another reason why your disk becomes so slow
is that it can be used within your network.
For example, some of your office staff may
use shared folders on your hard disk for work.
Try to have a separate physical disk, or even
use a file server for such purposes.
6.
If you are using cloud storage services by
Dropbox, Google, Yandex and so on, it would
be better to have a separate physical disk,
better an SSD, for storing and synchronizing
data.
7.
Generally, comfortable speed of the system
can often be achieved after installing an
SSD to use as a system drive.
It will considerably speed up your PC at a
minimal cost.
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