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Windows 7 System process reading/writing like crazy

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Mar 15, 202630905 views
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I have a problem that my windows 7 computer sometimes starts accessing the disk like crazy for maybe 10 minutes at a time. The process in question is the "system" process. I have disabled superfetch and hibernation on my computer, if that makes any difference. I disabled those to see if they were t…

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Fix for: Windows 7 System process reading/writing like crazy

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Use xperf from the WPT (part of the Windows 8 SDK) to trace disk IO: Link Run the script, minimize the CMD Window and when you have the issue again, go back to the cmd, wait 15-20s, press a key to stop logging. Open it with xperfview and look in the…

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