What to do if the System process loads the drive in Windows 10.

What to do if the System process loads the drive in Windows 10

Method 1: Suspend updates

The most common reason for the System process to load the drive is to actively search for, download, and update Windows components. This is a temporary phenomenon, so it is usually enough to wait for the system to perform all the necessary manipulations. It is also possible to suspend the reception of updates.

What to do if the System process loads the drive in Windows 10
  • Open the “Settings” app, go to “Update and security” → “Additional settings”.
  • In the next window, activate the option to pause receiving updates.

    • A more difficult option is to disable updates completely, either through the system itself or through special utilities.

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    What to do if the System process loads the drive in Windows 10

    Method 2: Disable services

    In some cases, the problem can be caused by the search and preboot services not working properly. Disable them and see how Windows 10 behaves.

  • Open a Win + R dialog with the services.msc command the services management plugin.
  • Find the service in the “SysMain” list and open its properties by double clicking on it.
  • Select the service startup type “Disabled”, and then press the “Stop” button. and save the settings.
  • Then look for the “Windows Search” service and open its properties in the same way.
  • Set the startup type for it to “Disabled”, stop and save the settings.

    • Method 3: Turn off indexing

    As an additional measure to the previous method, you can disable indexing of the system volume.

    What to do if the System process loads the drive in Windows 10
  • Right-click on the system partition and select the “Properties” option from the context menu.
  • On the tab. “General” Uncheck the box under “Allow the contents of files on this drive to be indexed in addition to file properties”. Save the settings.

    • Method 4: Hard drive scan

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    Method 5: Reset the swap file

    There are cases where the System process has caused the disk to load due to incorrect paging file configuration. Resets the settings to default, letting Windows 10 decide what size pagefile.sys it needs.

  • Open it with the systempropertiesperformance command in the “Run” window. (Win + R) “Performance Parameters.”
  • Switch to the “Extras” tab. and press the “Change” button.
  • Highlight the system drive, activate the “By system selection” radio button, press “Set”. Save the settings and restart the computer.

    • If the default swap file size is selected, you can experiment with specifying your own size and see how Windows 10 behaves in this case.

    What to do if the System process loads the drive in Windows 10

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    Method 6: Disable MSI mode

    In some cases, the problem described can be caused by the StorAHCI.sys driver not working properly. This is demonstrated by the following in the “Windows Logs” event log section. → “System” messages with the code 129 and the font “storachi”.

    Read more: View the system log in Windows 10

    What to do if the System process loads the drive in Windows 10

    In this case, you will have to disable the signal interruption mode for the hard drive. To do this, follow the steps below.

  • Calls the context menu of the “Start” button. and select in it “Device Manager”.
  • Expand the article. “IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers” → “Standard SATA AHCI Controller” and open the properties of the default controller by double clicking on it.
  • Switch to the “Information” tab. Select “Properties” from the dropdown list. article “Equipment identification”. Memorize or write the first value.
  • With the regedit command open the “Run” dialog. embedded “Registry Editor”.
  • Expand the branch. HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI and find the subsection corresponding to the “Machine ID” value obtained in step 3.
  • Displays the second part of the Device Parameters\Interrupt Management\MessageSignaledInterruptProperties key. Find the parameter on the right side “MSISupported”. and open its editing window by double-clicking on it.
  • Change the value of “1” to “0” and close the window.

    • Once this is done, restart your computer and observe the behavior of the System process. If the problem persists, it might make sense to contact the drive manufacturer’s support team for advice, but don’t rule out something else as the cause of the problem.

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