![]() ![]() Windows has a built-in tool that will scan your drive for errors and attempt to correct them. Scroll down the list of services and double-click Windows Search, and under the General tab, set the “Startup type” to Disabled and click OK and close out of services. Hit the keyboard shortcut Windows key + R and type: services.msc and click OK or hit Enter. If this fixes the issue, you can turn it off permanently. ![]() ![]() The good is turning off Windows Search is just temporary, and you can see if performance improves. If there is no change, you can restart it from the command line, type: net.exe start “Windows search” and hit Enter. After that, check Task Manager to see where the disk usage is at. Then in the Command Prompt type: net.exe stop “Windows search” and hit Enter. Hit the Windows Key and type: cmd and right-click Command Prompt from the result at the top and click Run as Administrator. However, it can cause an issue where the disk is being overworked. The Windows Search feature always indexes all files on your drive and is meant to make finding files on your PC faster. Like in this example shown below, you can see SuperFetch is likely the culprit. One of the easiest ways to find the culprit is to click the Disk column in Task Manager, so the items taking up more resources display in descending order. When you’re trying to figure out what’s causing the slowdown, you might have noticed that the Disk usage is 100% in Task Manager.
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