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100% disk usage/superfetch

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PC:
Asus G750JM
Fresh W10 install (OEM W8.1)
i7 4700HQ
GTX 860M
8GB DDR3
2x 7200RPM 500GB RAID 0

I've had an issue since the AU with constant 100% disk usage even on a completely fresh install and the only way I've been able to make it stop is disabling Superfetch. I think some of the official drivers for my laptop aren't technically supported for Windows 10, but everything works well otherwise. Laptop seems to run well enough for me without superfetch. With superfetch enabled the machine feels totally broken (minutes to launch even very light applications)

I'm not very familiar with superfetch other than the basic concept and I've never had to disable it in the past.

Just looking for opinions wondering if anyone is aware of some other way I may be able to fix the disk usage problem (I don't mind tinkering) or if Superfetch is even really worth having enabled at all. Thanks for the input.
 
Hi @MREasyGuns and welcome to PCHF :)

SuperFetch tries to make sure often-accessed data can be read from the fast RAM instead of the slow hard drive. Disabling it will not have any side effects besides your most used programs loading a tad slower due to not being immediately available in RAM and instead loading from the HD. :) Superfetch is not supposed to use 100% of disk, so disabling it is the best bet :)
 
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