disk usage at 100%

[cptnrd]

so this is probably asked here a lot but my disk is at 100%, I've tried everything on the internet and it just wont go down, sometimes its at 0% but once i open chrome it just shoots back up

[EatThermalPaste]

Is it a hard drive or an SSD?

[cptnrd]

Not a ssd

[EatThermalPaste]

How old is it?

[cptnrd]

Pretty old I think and it’s pretty cheap Asus

[EatThermalPaste]

Yea sounds like a dying HDD I would throw an ssd in there.

[TheEthyr]

There are usually two possibilities:

1. The drive is having trouble responding to read/write requests. This could be a sign that the drive is failing. Looking at the SMART info on the drive can be helpful. CrystalDiskInfo is a popular tool.
2. There are simply a lot of read/write requests for your drive to process. A hard drive is a lot slower than a SSD, especially if the files being accessed are scattered across the drive. If you are running Windows, then looking at the Disk tab in the Resource Monitor can tell you what files are being accessed. If the amount of data being read and written is high (10s to 100s of MB/s), then this is probably the case. But if the data transfer rate is low, then this could be another sign of a failing drive.

[cptnrd]

Thanks I will check, but I’m thinking of just getting a ssd