HDD activity LED always ON (constant writing to SSD)


  1. frozensun
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    HDD activity LED always ON (constant writing to SSD)


    Hi guys.
    I noticed on my laptop that HDD activity LED is blinking all the time.I ran task manager and noticed that there is constant activity on SSD (writing to SSD and some reading).
    Possible crypto malware?
    How can I resolve on what is causing it and how to stop it?
    It is not Win updates since I disabled them
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  3. Samuria
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    Task management should show what is writing you can click at the top to sort disk use
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  4. frozensun
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    Yes, I will post when come to home.
    You mean to post screenshot on what process is writing to SSD?

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    These 2 are causing constant read at 0.1MB/s.
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  6. Samuria
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    You need procces tab and sort on disk it shows whats doing it
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  7. frozensun
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    Samuria said:
    You need procces tab and sort on disk it shows whats doing it
    HDD activity LED always ON (constant writing to SSD)-screen-shot-04-05-24-04.12-pm.png

    It is writing to disk, so far almost 10MB. :/
    I am affraid, I will have to format and reinstall Windows.

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