Why is my 2 TB drive only showing 341 GB of used space?
I'm running out of space on my D: drive, which I mainly use for Steam games. I had already uninstalled most of my games and removed the remaining…
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Why Does My Windows 11 SSD Randomly Hit 100% Usage?
My Windows 11 PC occasionally freezes for a moment when disk activity reaches 100%. It happens most often during startup or while running demanding applications such as games.…
Why does Steam take so long to patch games when my SSD hits 100% usage?
Steam downloads updates at normal speed, but applying the update can take nearly an hour. For example, a roughly 500 MB update finished downloading quickly, then spent almost…
Why is my 2 TB SSD showing only 120 GB of free space?
I'm running CachyOS on a 2 TB SSD, but Dolphin reports that only about 120 GB is free. Filelight shows roughly 67 GB used when scanning the filesystem…
Why Does My System SSD Keep Spiking to 100% Active Time?
I'm running Windows 11, and the SSD containing my C: drive repeatedly jumps to 100% usage before dropping back to around 5% almost immediately. The drive is a…
Windows 11 SSD stuck at 100% disk usage—how can I find the cause?
I started my Windows 11 PC and the system became almost unusable. Every click takes around 15 seconds to respond, and Task Manager shows the system drive at…
Can a Clear CMOS Reset Cause a Drive to Become RAW and Freeze Windows?
I accidentally pressed the Clear CMOS button, and the computer rebooted. After taking around 10–15 minutes to start, Windows began behaving strangely: File Explorer would not open, although…
Why does starting my Ubuntu VM cause disk spikes, freezing, and MySQL startup failures?
Whenever I start an Ubuntu Server virtual machine in VMware Workstation Pro, disk usage suddenly jumps and the computer eventually freezes if I keep using it. MySQL also…
Why Did My 1TB SSD Suddenly Drop to Almost No Free Space?
Yesterday my 1TB SSD had roughly 400GB of free space, and I had even removed a few games to clear up storage. Today Windows reports that only about…
Why Is My Samsung 870 EVO Stuck at 100% Disk Usage After Cloning Windows?
I've been using a Samsung 870 EVO SATA SSD for years, but Windows was previously installed on an HDD. I recently cloned the HDD to the SSD expecting…
Why Is My Samsung 870 EVO Constantly Hitting 100% Disk Usage After Cloning Windows?
I've been using a Samsung 870 EVO SATA SSD for several years, but Windows was previously installed on an HDD. I recently cloned the HDD installation onto the…
Why does my SSD hit 100% usage and freeze Windows 11?
My 1 TB SSD has been installed for about a year, but recently its active time spikes to 100% when I boot the computer, download games, or record…
Why Does My SSD Hit 100% Usage When Starting Games or Booting Up?
I bought a PC about two months ago, and lately the disk usage frequently reaches 100%. This usually happens when I first start the computer or launch games.…
Will a second SSD make Steam downloads and game patching smoother?
I'm upgrading my prebuilt PC and bought a WD Black SN850X to use alongside my existing ADATA Legend 860. I was thinking of keeping Windows and less demanding…
Could my PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD be causing freezes and 100% disk usage?
My Windows 11 PC occasionally becomes extremely sluggish or freezes while the NVMe drive shows 98–100% active time. Response times have reached about 95 ms, and Steam downloads…
Windows 11 reset failed with UNEXPECTED_STORE_EXCEPTION—could my drive be failing?
My laptop became sluggish, so I backed up my files and started a Windows 11 reset using the cloud download option. The process reached 100%, then the screen…
Why does installing or copying files make my entire Windows 11 PC freeze?
Whenever I install programs or games to my C: drive, where Windows 11 is installed, the whole computer becomes extremely sluggish. The mouse may stop responding, applications crash,…
How can I sort `du -h` output by folder size?
I use `du -h --max-depth=1` in the command line to check the sizes of directories. Is there a way to sort the results from smallest to largest, or…
Why Does My Disk Usage Spike When Updating Steam Games?
I've been dealing with a frustrating problem where my disk usage spikes during Steam game updates. It starts off fine, but once the update hits around 70%, the…
How to Remove Apps on Linux Mint and Fix Baobab Storage Issues?
I'm currently using Linux Mint and have a root partition of 75 GB that's completely full. However, when I check the space with Baobab, it shows only 30…