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FinneasHayes
Jan 30, 2026Iron Contributor
Windows 10 C Drive Activity Persists at 100%
The C drive (system drive) shows 100% sustained activity in the Disk performance section of Task Manager, causing severe system lag and extremely long response delays. Standard troubleshooting steps ...
KapilArya
Jan 30, 2026MVP
Hello,
From the description you provided, I see you're experiencing 100 disk usage which keeps freezing your system. I want to confirm, if you're using HDD or SSD? In case if you're using HDD, you may try consider switching to SSD for better performance.
Additionally, see if this fix suggestions in this helps you:
https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-windows-10-100-percent-disk-usage-problem
Let us know if this helps!
Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP.