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Question

Disk Usage stuck at 100%, Tried alot & nothing works?

Aug 16, 2014 1:30AM PDT

I have a HP Pavillion Sleekbook 15-b002ee with Third generation core i5 processor 1.7 GHz, 500 GB Hard disk and 4 GB of RAM installed. Windows 8 came pre installed on it.
I bought this laptop 11 months ago and it worked fine for 10 months and then from the last month its presenting unusual problems. My disk usage is stuck at 100% and the laptop freezes and never lets me work or do anything. Heres what i have already done to solve the issue but have been unsuccessful:
1) I have reset my PC completely and reinstalled windows 8 using the factory setup. Didnt solve the issue, newly installed windows displays the disk usage 100% and the performance is same i.e the system freezes.
2) I have tried adjusting my paging file, no change made a difference to the performance of my laptop. The default system managed Paging file size is something around 3.89 Gb. Does my problem have anything to do with my paging file?
3) I have tried solving this issue by disabling the "Windows Search" and "Superfetch" services and still it didnt solve the problem.
4) I have also run checkdisk on my hard drive completely. It took me a complete day to do so but still no change.
5) Before resetting my laptop, an error called "Kernel_data_inpage(http.sys)" used to come on my upgraded windows 8.1. Whats the issue?
So what should i do? Is there any problem with my hardware? Is my hard drive having bad sectors and is that causing the problem? Or is there any other technical problem which i couldnt yet find out?
I have explained my problem in a lot detail and i would like a clear answer please, i have been at this issue for many days and this forum seems like the last place where i can find relevant answer because Google isnt helping.
Thanks in advance.

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There's a few things I have bumped into.
Aug 16, 2014 1:40AM PDT

1. If it's a new install, Windows may run at 100% for a week. Sorry but I won't duplicate prior discussions on why.
2. There's also times when this is a sign the HDD is failing. Find the make/model of the HDD and see if the maker has a Drive Fitness Test. Be sure it's non-destructive if you have not created the restore media.
Bob

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okay
Aug 16, 2014 2:43AM PDT

Allright i am gonna wait for a week then.
But seems unusual because this has never happened with me before.

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Keep in mind
Aug 16, 2014 2:57AM PDT

I'm taking your word on this. That is, it's a fresh install and you didn't install something like Spybot and McAfee which is one of those combinations (too many and no way I'll know them all) that can result in 100% use.
Bob

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yeah
Aug 16, 2014 5:02AM PDT

No i hadnt installed anything on my windows.
I am trying to use it now i will see if it gets fine after a week.