windows 10 very high disk usage 100%

[mochronik]

win10 pro 64bit
i5 6600k
16gb DDR4
1070GTX
WD Blue 1tb

newer computer, 3-4 weeks

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came home today, noticed the PC was laggy and the HDD was spinning up making alot of noise, check performance and disk usage at 100%
processes using most of the disk are
"system and compressed memory"
"service host: local service (network restricted)/ network service"

not sure what to do, I'm new to win10 and so far not very pleased.
any help is appreciated, ofcourse.

ask if you need any info from me.

[patio]

I would DLoad and run Data Lifeguard tools from WD...
Follow the guide for creating a bootable CD which is the best way to run the test...

[Allan]

Sounds as though disc compression is in process.

[patio]

Which isn't exactly a good choice on a HDD that large...just sayin.

[mochronik]

so I went to sleep, did the disk chek prior to that, nothing.
but now the usage is below 5% on it's own

is this soem stupid win10 feature? or?
also I don't know what disc compressoin is, but whatever that is  Don't think I requested it.

[mochronik]

sorry for harping on, but now my CPU usage is always at 15-20%, while just a day or two ago it wouldn't go above 2-5%  on idle / with chrome tabs open

and yet again, it's the "system and compressed memory" process.
read a few things on how to fix this, alot of people seem to have alot of differing solutions...tried a few including disabling windows search etc and nada.
I could update my bois, that was one of the solutions but I really want to make sure on this forum first
sorry for the bother if this ends up being a stupid question/topic

[Allan]

Open windows explorer. Right-click on the drive(s) in question. Select PROPERTIES. Uncheck "compress drive" at the bottom. Save and exit. Reboot.

[patio]

Leave the BIOS alone...thats not the cause...

Are you sure this isn't Windows updates running in the background ? ?

[BC_Programmer]

A lot of people have reported fixing the issue by turning off the following option:

Settings, System, Notifications, and turning off "show me tips about Windows."