In the previous article, I introduced to you about what is svchost.exe and why does it take a lot of CPU resource. In this post, I'm going to explain to you about one more annoying issue in Windows, the one that eats up all disk resource.

So, what is high disk usage issue?

Basically, this issue is quite similar to the one that caused high CPU usage I mentioned above. But in this time, it takes up all disk resource. It means your hard drive, normally the system drive C:\, is overload with reading and writing commands. As a result, all other programs that you want to run can't be worked properly as there is no resource left.

Why does this issue happen on your Windows 10 computer?

The most common cause of this high disk usage issue is that something goes wrong with a program or Windows feature, especially Windows Update. According to some reports from users, after checking for updates and download available updates, the high disk usage issue came up. That said, this issue could be occurred because of corrupted Windows updates.

Normally, your computer will check for new updates, then download and store them in a temporary folder called SoftwareDistribution.

After that, Windows will use download packages from this folder to install new updates to your Windows PC. But in some cases, these downloaded packages are corrupted and lead to high disk usage issue.

To get rid of this problem, you need to delete the SoftwareDistribution folder, which is located at

C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution

Subsequently, reboot your Windows 10 PC and check for updates again. This move will force Windows to check for new updates and redownload all available packages to install those updates.

In other cases that this issue doesn't cause by Windows Update, you should check again the program that is using your disk.

In some cases, corrupted system files also can create this type of errors. To get it fixed, you should boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode and run the System File Checker to detect corrupted files and repair them. By doing so, all system corrupted files will be found and repaired, which will help you get rid of 100% high disk usage issue in Windows 10.

Besides, you should also take a look at your antivirus software, especially Windows Defender. Those programs are the ones that often use your disk and cause high CPU and disk usage issues, like Antimalware Service Executable process.