HP Pavilion x360 - 14-ba075tx

[venkysmith]

i have brought hp laptop which is 1.4 years old, Product name HP Pavilion x360 - 14-ba075tx is always showing 100 disk full in task manager and laptop performance is very slow and even the bootup is very slow please help with this

[WAWood]

@venkysmith 

You bought a used laptop?

I seriously doubt the disk is 100% full as if that was the case, Windows would not run.

Instead, I think you are seeing 100% disk UTILIZATION -- which is most likely due to Windows Update, as mentioned below ...

With a Win10 PC, you're going to experience a variety of problems not typical of the older PCs.

First is sluggishness. You may experience a very slow PC at times because Windows Update (WU) is hogging your PC, searching for, downloading, and installing updates -- to bring your PC up to the most current version of Windows.

Second is fan noise. That's directly related to fan speed, which is the result of processor heat, and WU is known to drive up the processor load -- sometimes to 100%. That can cause the fan to run loud and continuous for some time.

Third is disk usage. WU can easily force the disk usage to 100% and and keep it pinned there for some time. That's because it wrote WU files to the drive, then it turned around and read them, then it overwrote existing Windows System files. All of that takes a lot of disk usage to complete.

These processes are compounded by Win10 because new Win 10 patches coming out nearly every Tuesday. Since you can't stop Updates like you did with Win7, this means you're going to get updates, regardless of what you do.

To find out what version and build of Win10 your PC is running, do the following:
1) enter "cmd" (without the quotes) into the search area and select the Command Prompt option
2) enter "winver" into the command window (again, without the quotes)
3) the most current Win10 version (as of 4/2/19) is v1809 Build 17763.437.

If yours is older than that, most likely WU is hogging your PC trying to update it.

Some folks have been told that resetting your PC will fix this. but, if you reset your PC, you only make matters WORSE! Why? Because you will reset Win10 back to the original version that came preloaded on the PC and that will restart Windows Update all over again.

To disable WU temporarily, do the following:
1) Enter "services" in the search area (again, without the quotes)
2) When the window opens, scroll down until you see Windows Update
3) If it say Running under status, that indicates that WU is running
4) To change that, double-click on that task, select Stop under the Service status, and then Apply
5) That should stop WU -- and you should see an immediate improvement in performance

If not, then WU is not the problem.

WU will restart itself automatically later on, so you basically have no choice than to bear with it until it finishes.

[iomare]

Hi,

As suggested by @WAWood I would completely update the PC. First, check if you have the latest version of Windows installed.

Press WinKey+R and in the run box type winver

The version should be 1809, if not, you can update from here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Next (after updating or if already latest version) go into Settings and click on Update and security and click on Verify for Updates. Let all updates installed, you might need to reboot a couple of times.

Next open HP support assistant app on the PC or you can download from here if not installed:

https://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/hpsupportassistant/hpsupport.html

and update all HP drivers and software.

Update any installed antivirus and software.

See if it is still so slow. In the future, you should also consider replacing the hard drive with an SSD which would give a good boost to performance.

Hope it helps,

David

[venkysmith]

yes in my Task manager the status shows as disk is 100 percent but i have only the os in the hardisk i have updated my windows yesterday and it took nearly a day  and even after the os update the laptop performance is very slow even the applications like browser hangs a lot and i thought it may be a harddisk problem i checked it with some tools ,the health of the hardidisk is good ,is their any way to find whats the problem is and my ram 8gb.My laptop is newly brought from showroom and its 1.4 years old