So those are the methods that have so far worked for me in some combination or another.

Obviously not a fix, or a workaround really, but it’s worth noting that if you are having issues, and don’t have too much installed that requires detailed configurations, an operating system reinstall may be your best bet. Not one of my favourite workarounds, as Google Chrome is my browser of choice, but uninstalling it on one machine after doing all the others listed here did fix it, so it’s worth a go.

Put the spot in the “Disable system protection”.

Click on the Local Disk – typically the C Drive.

Take the tick out of “Automatically manage paging file size for all drives”Īgain, not an ideal workaround, but this has worked.

Open up Control Panel (I always set Control Panel to View By Small Icons).

Find Background (BITS)… in the list, double click it.

Go to the Recovery tab, and choose all three options to be “Take no action”ĭisable BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service).

Then change the startup type to “Disabled”.

Find Superfetch in the list, double click it.

Type in “services.msc” without the quotes, press enter.

None of these are ideal, and in my own machine, I re-installed Windows 8.1 and fingers crossed it’s behaved since.ĭisable Superfetch and Windows Search Services Instead, here’s a few “fixes” or, “workarounds” if you like, that have solved it on some machines I’ve come across. I’d like to be able to issue a sweeping fix that resolves it on your computer, but I can’t. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 for some people, has a very annoying and disruptive problem that Microsoft don’t seem willing to fix, and no matter how many forums you look on, nothing is conclusive. But then, doesn’t every operating system? Anyway, to the point. Yes, there are some bad parts, some annoying parts and some parts that seem pointless. If, like me, you’ve used Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 then you’ll know that once you get used to it, it’s quite good. You’re probably landing here by searching that as well anyway, so read on. *UPDATE* This now stands for Windows 10 as well. Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 100% Disk Usage – Possible Fixes

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