How to fix a hard disk that consumes a lot of resources

As already mentioned, this can be a serious problem. It could completely freeze the computer. In addition, it has several possible causes. Therefore, there are also several possible causes.

Disabling the SuperFetch service

This is an integrated Windows service. In addition, its main function is to reduce the time it takes for the computer to boot. Likewise, it minimizes the loading times of the main apps. However, it has been identified as a possible cause of excessive hard disk usage. So the first thing to do is to disable this service. Keeping in mind that it is possible to re-enable it. With this in mind, open a command prompt with administrator privileges.

Then, you just have to run the following command:

sc stop "SysMain" & sc config "SysMain" start=disabled

We told you that it is possible to revert this action. In case you want to reactivate it, please run the following command:

sc config "SysMain" start=auto & sc start "SysMain"

Check the status of the hard disk

It is also possible that the file structure of the disk has been compromised. This usually happens in Windows. Fortunately, the solution is very simple. Just open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run the following command:

chkdsk.exe /f /r

Please see our tutorial on how to check the hard disk status in Windows 10.

Resets the computer’s virtual memory

Virtual memory is an extension of ram memory. In fact, it is a combination of it with a portion of the hard disk. When the RAM memory is full, it starts using this virtual memory. Because it is not volatile, it sometimes gives problems. Therefore, it is advisable to restart it. It is a somewhat cumbersome process, but easy to do. Please follow the steps below. The first thing you have to do is to go to the system properties. With this in mind, press the Win+Pause combination. Once there, click on Advanced system settings.

In the next window, just click on the Advanced tab. Then, in the Performance section, click on Settings.

Once again, click on the Advanced tab. Next, in the Virtual Memory section click on Change.

In the next window, uncheck the box Automatically manage paging file size for all drives. Now scroll down and select No paging file. Finally press Set and OK.

Finally, reboot and restart the computer. Now repeat the process and leave the values as they were before.

Deletes temporary files.

Sometimes, temporary files are responsible for this behavior. It is therefore a good idea to delete them. To do so, press the Win+R key combination and run temp.

Now, select all of them and delete them.

Okay, we have seen that the hard disk consumes a lot of resources. The most important thing is that we learned how to fix it. Bye!

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Using CMD to hide Hard Disk Drive

In order to open CMD, we need to type on the searching bar CMD to run a Command Prompt.

Once CMD is open, we need to input the next commands:

dispart
List Volume

Now all currently active drives to be deployed in Windows 10. See image below:

This information can check it, into File Explorer:

Now, we need to select which unit we want to hide. In my case is Unit E. With this in mind, we can select it by choosing the number (select volume 3) or letter assigned (select volume E). Any of these commands have to be typed on Command Prompt. In this case, I selected volume 3.

Once the unit had been selected, we have to delete the letter assigned to the disk in order to hide it. To the end that, just type in CMD the nex command:

remove letter E

This is it, we can open File Explorer and check that the unit is not there anymore.

At the same time, if we want to restore visibility the unit again, just repeat same proceed through diskpart to select unit desired (3 or E), but we need to execute the next command:

assign letter E

Once again, we can open File Explorer to see how the unit has been restored to visibility.

Using Disk Management

Previously, we see how to hide a Hard Disk Unit using CMD, but Windows provide us a graphical tool too, called Disk Management. Let´s do it! In the first place open File Explorer, and do right-click on This PC, a menu will show up, and we have select manage.

A new window with the Computer Management will appear with several options inside. On the left side under Storage, select Disk Management. Them, please do right-click on the desired unit, and click Change Drive Letters and Path

On the next window, we have to select Remove

Now, we select the Remove option to remove the drive and hide it from the system. We will see the following message that we will accept to complete the process:

We open File Explorer and see that the unit is not visible anymore.

Once again, if we want to restore visibility to the unit, just repeat the same process to select it, dor right-click on it and select Change Drive Letters and Path, and select Add

On the next window, we must Assign the following drive letter, and can select the same (E) in order to restore visibility.

That is it, we can see two different ways of hiding Hard Disk, I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. Also, I invite you to visit my post about how to change the default windows font.

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