Disk Usage? Possible to view useage by drive letter?


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XEmberX

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Hello,

I have a problem where in the task manager performance tab disk usage is 100%. But, in the process tab, it shows as 50%.

Is there any way to view disk usage by drive letter?

Thank you! =)

hdd-useage.webp
 

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    AMD
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    AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor, 3900 Mhz,
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    B450M BAZOOKA MAX WIFI (MS-7C87)
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Hi,

Please take the time to fill in your specs in your profile.

Drive letters are not always physical instances; therefore, you cannot monitor activity by drive letters or partition.
Since you are using an HDD, it is not that surprising to see spikes to max.
You have two physical disks so disk 0 at 100% and disk 1 is idle or 0% divided by 2 = 50% of disk activity.
You could shift some activity to the 2nd physical drive by moving the pagefile.sys & the swapfile.sys (by symlink).
But I doubt you will see much of an improvement.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
    CPU
    2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
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    24428 Megabytes
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    Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
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    Windows 11 Insider Canary
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    ASUS X751BP
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    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
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    ASUS
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    8 GB
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    AMD Radeon R5 M420
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    Realtek
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    17.3
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    1600X900 16:9
    Hard Drives
    1TB 5400RPM
OAT said:
Hi,

Please take the time to fill in your specs in your profile.

Drive letters are not always physical instances; therefore, you cannot monitor activity by drive letters or partition.
Since you are using an HDD, it is not that surprising to see spikes to max.
You have two physical disks so disk 0 at 100% and disk 1 is idle or 0% divided by 2 = 50% of disk activity.
You could shift some activity to the 2nd physical drive by moving the pagefile.sys & the swapfile.sys (by symlink).
But I doubt you will see much of an improvement.
Click to expand...
Hello, I filled in my specs. Thanks, so thats why it shows as 50%. Not sure what I can do for the 100% disk usage.
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    AMD
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor, 3900 Mhz,
    Motherboard
    B450M BAZOOKA MAX WIFI (MS-7C87)
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Model ST12000NM000J-2TY103 - 12TB
    Model ST2000DM008-2FR10 - 2TB
    Antivirus
    Malwarebytes, Superantispyware, Windows Defender
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XEmberX said:
Hello, I filled in my specs. Thanks, so thats why it shows as 50%. Not sure what I can do for the 100% disk usage.
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Thanks for the specs.
Windows 11 is quite Read/Write intensive. I am surprised that SSDs/NVMes are not a requirement.
You have a huge HDD as well, 12 TB.
Why aren't you considering getting an SSD, it would make a world of difference.
 

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System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
    CPU
    2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
    Memory
    24428 Megabytes
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    Sound Card
    Intel(R) Display Audio / Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    FHD 1920X1080 16:9
    Hard Drives
    2 SSD SATA/NVM Express 1.3
    WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
    WDCSDAPNUW-1002 256 GB
    PSU
    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
    Cooling
    Dual Fans
    Mouse
    MS Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & 400MB Orange-fr
    Browser
    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    VMs of Windows 11 stable/Beta/Dev/Canary
    VM of XeroLinux- Arch based & Debian 12
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Insider Canary
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS X751BP
    CPU
    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 M420
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3
    Screen Resolution
    1600X900 16:9
    Hard Drives
    1TB 5400RPM
OAT said:
Thanks for the specs.
Windows 11 is quite demanding on the drives. I am surprised that SSDs/NVMes are not a requirement.
You have a huge HDD as well, 12 TB.
Why aren't you considering getting an SSD, it would make a world of difference.
Click to expand...
Yea, youre right about an SSD. I just dont have the money right now to buy one.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    AMD
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor, 3900 Mhz,
    Motherboard
    B450M BAZOOKA MAX WIFI (MS-7C87)
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Model ST12000NM000J-2TY103 - 12TB
    Model ST2000DM008-2FR10 - 2TB
    Antivirus
    Malwarebytes, Superantispyware, Windows Defender
XEmberX said:
Yea, youre right about an SSD. I just dont have the money right now to buy one.
Click to expand...
I totally understand and I hope things improve for you.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
    CPU
    2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
    Memory
    24428 Megabytes
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    Sound Card
    Intel(R) Display Audio / Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    FHD 1920X1080 16:9
    Hard Drives
    2 SSD SATA/NVM Express 1.3
    WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
    WDCSDAPNUW-1002 256 GB
    PSU
    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
    Cooling
    Dual Fans
    Mouse
    MS Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & 400MB Orange-fr
    Browser
    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    VMs of Windows 11 stable/Beta/Dev/Canary
    VM of XeroLinux- Arch based & Debian 12
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Insider Canary
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS X751BP
    CPU
    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 M420
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3
    Screen Resolution
    1600X900 16:9
    Hard Drives
    1TB 5400RPM
XEmberX said:
I have a problem where in the task manager performance tab disk usage is 100%. But, in the process tab, it shows as 50%.

Is there any way to view disk usage by drive letter?
Click to expand...
No, use Resource Monitor instead. Most likely one of your slower drives is maxing out.

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  • OS
    Windows 7
Hi @XEmberX

Have you tried doing this via the settings app?
Go the Settings app in Windows 11 > System > Storage > Advanced storage settings > Storage used on other drives > then click any drive to review details.

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    Windows 11 Pro 24H2 26100.3025
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    PC/Desktop
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    Homebuilt
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    Intel Core i9 13900K
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    Asus ProArt Z790 Creator WiFi - Bios 2703
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    Corsair Dominator Platinum 64gb 5600MT/s DDR5 Dual Channel
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    Samsung 980 Pro 2TB (OS)
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    Lexar NZ790 4TB
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    Microsoft Edge Chromium
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    Windows 11 Pro 24H2 26100.2894
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    Asus X1605VA bios 309
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