I built my own PC. Works great. I used a st1000dm010-2ep102 hard drive. It's 1tb. And of course windows 10. When I first built this computer that thing with load up lightning quick. But as of recent my hard drive on start up is at 100% and stays taxed like that for a long time. And at random it will go to 100%, then lessen, then go 100% again. Totally bogged.
Microsoft edge is also one of the things that continues to cause 100% disk, even though I don't ever use Microsoft edge. There is also waasmedicagent.exe that comes up.
I've turned a number of things off that cause it. It was nvidia share for awhile until they updated so you could turn that feature off.
any suggestions?
HDs age. The drive itself gets tired, the servos don't operate as well as the used to. I had a laptop that did similar things. I gave it to my buddy to clean up (he's better at it than I am) and he said it's squeaky clean, but the HD is toast. New hard drive fixed it.
waasmedic is an integral function of Windows as part of the automatic update software. I'm no expert but the googles seems to list everyone and their brother complaining that waasmedic is causing their computer to lock up or run slow. I would argue that something else is happening that is causing waasmedic to reveal a different problem.
It's like if you have a sore throat and you have trouble swallowing food. It's not that the bites of food are suddenly too big, it's that your throat is berkeleyed up and can't do it. It's not that waasmedic is the problem, I would wager that you have a dying HD and demands which used to be a breeze are now a bottleneck.
From some quick research, I'd stop that process/service, set it to disabled and delete the executable:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/waasmedic-agent-exe-stopping-me-from-working/caa495c4-9af8-4cd9-9faa-20cff84af32c
If you've ever thought about using an alternative OS like Ubuntu, etc. now might be the time because Micro$oft is just getting worse.
In reply to Stefan (Forum Supporter) :
Man I hear ya. Every update is programmed by a kindergartener.
Another thing to consider is switching to a solid state drive. The difference in performace when compared to a traditional hard disk drive is mind-blowing - when I press the power button, my computer is completely on and ready to go in about 5 seconds. The setup I personally have is Windows and some key programs installed on a SSD, and then I have a 1TB hard drive to use for data and movies and music and things that don't need the extra speed. Also make sure to go into your settings and startup apps and turn everything off that you don't need running in the background - Microsoft tends to have everything start up when you turn on your comp, and all that garbage slows things down.
Agreed on the SSD. My computer is an ASUS ROG with both SSD and HD. HD is big for bulk storage of things like photos and documents. SSD is for boot and stuff that I might need fast throughput like when I'm editing video or recording audio. The raw data gets put on the SSD, I edit into a finished product, and save it on the HD, then I can move the raw data off the SSD so it doesn't get full.
From the time I press the power button from a complete shutdown, I'm at the splash screen in 6 seconds and the login screen in 10, and it's been the same since I bought it two years ago.
With an SSD, I find the importance of backing up files is a wee bit more important. You should always do it, but sometimes a hard drive (like you might be experiencing now) gives you warning that it might be dying. Even if it does die suddenly there are still ways of (expensively) retrieving data from the physical disks. When an SSD fails (which is rare but it can happen) it usually gives zero warning, and the data is just gone... no way to retrieve it.
