100% disk usage on an old hard drive: hardware failing or Windows being Windows?

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  1. Something is choking my PC. Loading screens take forever, textures pop in late, and a surivval game stutters constantly. Task Manager:

    Disk 0 (C:) Active time 100%

    Disk 0 (C:)   Active time 100%
    Not responding
    

    100% disk, and the response time numbers look scary. i suspect the antivirus scan, but Im not sure how to prove it.

    i already restarted teh PC and closed everything i could find in the system tray. Disk usage dropped for a moment, then went straight back up as soon as the game loaded a new area.

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  2. ok so SSDs slow down dramatically when nearly full. keep at least 10-20% free space. also check that TRIM is enabled: fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify should return 0. fingers crossed 馃

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  3. lol same thing happened to me honestly just reset the power plan and save yourself the pain hope that helps :)

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