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high disk usage

  1. T

    kernel_task process disk usage is too high?!!

    Hi all, I've recently realized that the kernel_task process (I don't know what it is) is having huge numbers in disk usage, over 10 gigs of bytes written! The question is: What is this? Is that bad? And how to fix? Thank you,
  2. keysofanxiety

    Resolved Windows 10 High Disk Usage Fixes/Other Fixes & Common Issues

    Hello all, Hope you're keeping in great spirits. Over the course of the last few months we've encountered a lot of bugs in Windows 10 that just hammer the disk (100% in Task Manager) and make the system unusable. A few other common problems too, so I figured I'd share what I know. If anybody...