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10-19-2014, 10:39 PM
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I am getting massive hdd usage from windows 8.1 and the drive is noisy
this is just a fresh install of windows 8.1
the hard drive in here is a Hitachi HGST Travelstar Z5K500
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What kind of noise is the drive making?
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No it's just the drive reading and writing constantly
so it's fine
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That is not normal if your hard drive is thrashing about reading and writing constantly in 8.1
Have you checked the health of your hard drive?
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It's a new laptop so the health would be good
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Yep... being a new laptop odds are the hard drive is ok however I would check anyway in case that new hard drive is faulty. There has to be a reason you are getting heavy reads and writes. I would rule out issues with hardware first.
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It is normal for Windows 8.1 to do that. I have ran arch linux on it
it's just when the laptop boots up it loads the windows programs and then it is quiet
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Thanks could you lock thus topic?