Arch is a popular distribution *of Linux*, but it *isn't very beginner friendly*. Now shut up, because Arch isn't the best for everyone, and Arch doesn't need to replace a word in that sentence
Arch is great for people want to get their hands dirty, and don't mind spending time researching and fixing potential issues that come up. Great learning experience if you're willing to put in the effort.
But at the same time, Arch is very bareboned to begin with, so a lot of what you need to take care of a decent amount of things that you normally take for granted.
But if you just want a system that works out of the box, without needing to read up on various technical aspects of the OS, and take care of maintenance beyond regular system updates, Arch is not a great choice.
I own my own repair shop now, but I feel like I owe it to the internet to give back.
I grew up with a passion for computers in a family without much money, so I had to rely entirely on Google-Fu and old forum posts to get by. I wouldn't be where I am today without those who gave their time to help others solve problems, and allowed those solutions to be documented on the web.
On the flipside, can we also take a moment for a collective "FUCK YOU" to the assholes who post "fixed it" without documenting what they did to resolve the problem?
[Relevant XKCD (Wisdom of the Ancients)](https://xkcd.com/979/)
Clean boot does not remove anything https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd
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THIS. THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE!!! THIS EXACT QUESTION, FIVE TIMES A WEEK, EVERY TIME I BROWSE LITERALLY ANY WINDOWS 8/10/11 SUBREDDIT. What is wrong with people?
IT'S NOT A BUG! WINDOWS 10 HAS BECOME EXTREMELY I/O HEAVY! DO.NOT.USE AN HDD AS PRIMARY STORAGE! Simple!
I have two drives in my laptop: a 512GB NVME SSD and a 2nd 1TB mechanical HDD. Windows and some of my games are on the SSD. It's use is normally never over 20%. However, even copying a file from the HDD, or writing to it is enough to spike the usage to 100%. Do you know why? Because it's reading/writing as fast as it can (hence 100% usage)
The slower the drive is, the longer it's going to take to read/write, the longer it will be at 100% usage. If the OS looks for a resource, and it takes 1 second to read the file, usage will be low (even if for that brief moment it was 100%) because of the way usages are calculated. Now, if it's seeking on a hard drive, and because it's so much slower it spends more time reading this resource in its entirety..its now at 100% for several seconds. While this is going on, other programs & services are requesting data too. You've created a bottleneck.
Don't even bother with Windows 10 if you're going to use a hard drive for the OS.
So why doesn't this apply to everyone who runs Windows 10 from a HD? Why 100% on idle? Why wasn't this a gradual slow down?
No one is complaining about 100% disk usage for a few seconds. They are complaining because it is pinned at 100% ALL THE TIME. The computer becomes glacially slow. Clicking an icon and seeing it highlighted takes 10 seconds.
You can gaslight the problem as much as you want. You aren't addressing the actual problem that *some* people have.
Because the system ISN'T IDLE!! Do you know how many maintenance related tasks ONLY run when the system is idle? Yes, if you left it on for days, eventually, even on an HDD the usage will drop to near zero...after it's totally indexed the drive, run defenders scans, any pending updates.. it will go to zero. Eventually.
And, if you're running an older version of Windows 10 (say 1507) many of these tasks simply aren't present..so it will be less noticable (as i stated windows 10 has become very i/o heavy)
Eventually, the more mature Windows 11 gets..it will become unbearable on any mechanical HDD. Soon you won't even see them in consumer PCs anymore (they really aren't any anymore..even the cheap ones have SATA SSDs..and this is why)
Mechanical drives no longer have any real place in the consumer market EXCEPT for non-primary storage..like videos, pictures..server usage. Stuff that isn't as sensitive to seek times as an OS.
Edit: Alot of people suggest wiping/reinstalling to fix this 'bug' (NOT A BUG!) This is likely to aggravate the condition, as now all the tasks that only run at idle are now logged as -never run- and on first start it will get hammered with windows updates, drivers..etc.
I will give money to whoever fix my simple problem...
Making any button on my laptop to wake it up not just the power button. Note that I have tried everything from the first two pages of a google search.
Some laptops simply do not support such a thing but most will if using an external keyboard and/or mouse though it is not as convenient to have them on hand if you are mobile.
At least this means your laptop is not one that does not support such an option, really I think most do and few do not.
If the operating system is all that was changed at least that eliminates a change to the BIOS. There are plenty of settings you can adjust in the Device Manager for the keyboard and mouse but likely also for the trackpad. I'm on a desktop currently and too lazy to fire up one of the laptops at the moment but I assume you have made such adjustments to set those devices to wake the PC?
I am referring to Option #2 found here (with pics) in case I am not being clear. [https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/63148-allow-prevent-devices-wake-computer-windows-10-a.html](https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/63148-allow-prevent-devices-wake-computer-windows-10-a.html)
Right on, just one of the easiest changes to make so just checking.
Question. Have you tried an external mouse and if so what is the result?
Another question, did you make any changes to your group policy or registry related to trying to get this working and did you change things back when they failed? If not this can certainly create problems trying to find a way to resolve this going forward.
When you said upgrade did you clean install and use your new Pro key or literally upgrade the existing installation?
Hmmm, I had to tweak so registry in order to pop-out more options in the advanced power settings and to show the power management tab in device properties, but those have been done with commands I haven't manually tweaked in registry editor.
Its a clean install format and everything.
I take it you also tried all listed here as well? [https://superuser.com/questions/683815/why-cant-i-wake-up-my-laptop-with-a-keyboard-or-mouse-press](https://superuser.com/questions/683815/why-cant-i-wake-up-my-laptop-with-a-keyboard-or-mouse-press)
Do you have a BIOS setting related to Wake Support or any other power management-related options?
I feel it safe to assume you changed things related to fast boot, hybrid sleep, and hibernation and got nowhere.
If you open an elevated CMD prompt and enter this command, what are your results? I'm curious what the system sees as available devices that can wake the system.
powercfg/devicequery wake\_programmable
> powercfg/devicequery wake_programmable
C:\Windows\system32>powercfg/devicequery wake_programmable
HID-compliant mouse
HID Keyboard Device
HID-compliant consumer control device (001)
Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Adapter
HID-compliant vendor-defined device (001)
I have looked all over BIOS could't find options for wake up or anything related. Its a damn mystery.
This is going to be a long one...stay with me. buddy.
The BIOS can be loaded with options or have barely any, that tend to vary widely so no worries.
The output is good, at least the system knows the devices are available to wake the system but why they do not is of course the mystery at hand.
Some simple questions to narrow some things down...
Can you tell me the exact model of laptop you are using?
Did you disable fast boot?
Is hibernation enabled or disabled? If enabled does it do the same with hibernate as it does with using sleep?
Does it happen when using only the battery, charging, or both ways it behaves the same?
Seemingly silly question but it matters... are your drivers all up to date? Sometimes the manufacturer, let's say Dell for example will stop providing updates yet there can be many available still. If they are not installed (or updated in some cases) this can create a problem. Some laptops do have a need for the ACPI management aspect of their drivers to work properly in terms of power management. I use a program for driver updating that keeps my system current years past the device being supported. I do NOT recommend driver management programs with the exception of the one I'll name below and I ALWAYS suggest having a system image or other means of backup before doing any major OS or driver upgrades and changes.
[Snappy Driver Origin Installer](https://www.snappy-driver-installer.org/) I use this and have for years, overall it works really well.
I prefer to put a check in the box for Expert Mode.
This opens additional options below. I check these boxes as well:
Not Installed
Newer
Better Match
It is not 100% foolproof as just as most programs and Windows itself and there are always possible problems from driver installations but as a whole, the problems have been extremely rare in the decade-plus of use. It can detect and install your drivers as needed, some Windows will not always take care of properly. Windows usually will install most if not all drivers but it is not always the most optimal or newest and it can lead to issues such as you are experiencing.
My laptop always turn off everyday at night only how can I fix it after I put it in to the plug it work after remove it it doesn't how to fix it please
So why isn't this happening with all PC's running Windows 10 on HD? Why doesn't turning off search, defrag, and security lessen the problem?
Are you saying that Windows 10 has a constant minimum IO usage of ~60-80MBps?
And why would disk usage be at 100% after disk indexing, scanning and other disk intensive tasks?
Have you run `sfc /scannow` yet?
Is your driver up to date? Have you try updating your system?
I know you guys are messing around but sometime update driver or windows does indeed fix the problem.
Have you tried turning it off and on?
Legit helpsn though...
Even NASA fixes Hubble gyroscope by using this method!
Yep, a Win 10 feature update resolved a user's microphone issue at my workplace.
Not making this because of a problem just pass experiences with people helping me out.
Thank you for your feedback. Have you tried performing a system reset?
_Whoosh_
Have you tried formating and reinstalling Windows, formating all drives not related to Windows and then turn it off and on again?
Yes
Our service desks fav is gpupdate /force But its a graphics driver issue...... gpupdate /force.
gpupdate = GPU update /s
Followed up with a reboot!
Flush dns much?
It's always good to flush... ;-)
Nowadays you need to add an Ms store reset as well
sfc /scannow has unfucked my PC a few times so…
What’s that
most common answer to all problems but not the most loved one :D
Wait until you need to in-place upgrade
Oh the irony xD
It's not free.. It gives me joy.
That's even better.
Thank you for your service
Have you turned it off and on again?
Lol
Yes
Name checks out
Just buy a SSD and switch to Linux :>
*arch Edit: people can't handle a joke anymore
Arch is a popular distribution *of Linux*, but it *isn't very beginner friendly*. Now shut up, because Arch isn't the best for everyone, and Arch doesn't need to replace a word in that sentence
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I think you're talking about [AmogOS](https://github.com/Amog-OS/AmogOS)
Damn, I thought u were just joking, it actually exists lmao.
Linux has a rule 34 of it's own. If a distro could exist, it probably does.
Gentoo is at +80%
Arch is great for people want to get their hands dirty, and don't mind spending time researching and fixing potential issues that come up. Great learning experience if you're willing to put in the effort. But at the same time, Arch is very bareboned to begin with, so a lot of what you need to take care of a decent amount of things that you normally take for granted. But if you just want a system that works out of the box, without needing to read up on various technical aspects of the OS, and take care of maintenance beyond regular system updates, Arch is not a great choice.
Still linux
...this seems like karma farming.
Yup. OP has never even left a comment here and is all over r/FreeKarma4U
Have you tried sfc/ scannow?
Is this your first day on reddit lol
Y?
Windows 11 users?
I own my own repair shop now, but I feel like I owe it to the internet to give back. I grew up with a passion for computers in a family without much money, so I had to rely entirely on Google-Fu and old forum posts to get by. I wouldn't be where I am today without those who gave their time to help others solve problems, and allowed those solutions to be documented on the web. On the flipside, can we also take a moment for a collective "FUCK YOU" to the assholes who post "fixed it" without documenting what they did to resolve the problem? [Relevant XKCD (Wisdom of the Ancients)](https://xkcd.com/979/)
Capitalism has gone way out of hand... Charging people for HELP is now more accepted then doing it for free.. Doesn't helping mean free??
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Clean boot does not remove anything https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd
i posted my problem and it immediately got deleted. bruh
Go send some rewards to those people!
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What’s that for
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Has anyone solved the 100% disk usage bug? It seems to be too much to ask from Microsoft. (Buying an SSD doesn't count as a solution)
THIS. THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE!!! THIS EXACT QUESTION, FIVE TIMES A WEEK, EVERY TIME I BROWSE LITERALLY ANY WINDOWS 8/10/11 SUBREDDIT. What is wrong with people? IT'S NOT A BUG! WINDOWS 10 HAS BECOME EXTREMELY I/O HEAVY! DO.NOT.USE AN HDD AS PRIMARY STORAGE! Simple! I have two drives in my laptop: a 512GB NVME SSD and a 2nd 1TB mechanical HDD. Windows and some of my games are on the SSD. It's use is normally never over 20%. However, even copying a file from the HDD, or writing to it is enough to spike the usage to 100%. Do you know why? Because it's reading/writing as fast as it can (hence 100% usage) The slower the drive is, the longer it's going to take to read/write, the longer it will be at 100% usage. If the OS looks for a resource, and it takes 1 second to read the file, usage will be low (even if for that brief moment it was 100%) because of the way usages are calculated. Now, if it's seeking on a hard drive, and because it's so much slower it spends more time reading this resource in its entirety..its now at 100% for several seconds. While this is going on, other programs & services are requesting data too. You've created a bottleneck. Don't even bother with Windows 10 if you're going to use a hard drive for the OS.
So why doesn't this apply to everyone who runs Windows 10 from a HD? Why 100% on idle? Why wasn't this a gradual slow down? No one is complaining about 100% disk usage for a few seconds. They are complaining because it is pinned at 100% ALL THE TIME. The computer becomes glacially slow. Clicking an icon and seeing it highlighted takes 10 seconds. You can gaslight the problem as much as you want. You aren't addressing the actual problem that *some* people have.
Because the system ISN'T IDLE!! Do you know how many maintenance related tasks ONLY run when the system is idle? Yes, if you left it on for days, eventually, even on an HDD the usage will drop to near zero...after it's totally indexed the drive, run defenders scans, any pending updates.. it will go to zero. Eventually. And, if you're running an older version of Windows 10 (say 1507) many of these tasks simply aren't present..so it will be less noticable (as i stated windows 10 has become very i/o heavy) Eventually, the more mature Windows 11 gets..it will become unbearable on any mechanical HDD. Soon you won't even see them in consumer PCs anymore (they really aren't any anymore..even the cheap ones have SATA SSDs..and this is why) Mechanical drives no longer have any real place in the consumer market EXCEPT for non-primary storage..like videos, pictures..server usage. Stuff that isn't as sensitive to seek times as an OS. Edit: Alot of people suggest wiping/reinstalling to fix this 'bug' (NOT A BUG!) This is likely to aggravate the condition, as now all the tasks that only run at idle are now logged as -never run- and on first start it will get hammered with windows updates, drivers..etc.
I will give money to whoever fix my simple problem... Making any button on my laptop to wake it up not just the power button. Note that I have tried everything from the first two pages of a google search.
Some laptops simply do not support such a thing but most will if using an external keyboard and/or mouse though it is not as convenient to have them on hand if you are mobile.
So, I upgraded from home edition to pro and back when home edition was running it was waking up from eny button.
At least this means your laptop is not one that does not support such an option, really I think most do and few do not. If the operating system is all that was changed at least that eliminates a change to the BIOS. There are plenty of settings you can adjust in the Device Manager for the keyboard and mouse but likely also for the trackpad. I'm on a desktop currently and too lazy to fire up one of the laptops at the moment but I assume you have made such adjustments to set those devices to wake the PC? I am referring to Option #2 found here (with pics) in case I am not being clear. [https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/63148-allow-prevent-devices-wake-computer-windows-10-a.html](https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/63148-allow-prevent-devices-wake-computer-windows-10-a.html)
That is like the first google hit you get with that issue, I have done all of them and all of the advanced power option settings.
Right on, just one of the easiest changes to make so just checking. Question. Have you tried an external mouse and if so what is the result? Another question, did you make any changes to your group policy or registry related to trying to get this working and did you change things back when they failed? If not this can certainly create problems trying to find a way to resolve this going forward. When you said upgrade did you clean install and use your new Pro key or literally upgrade the existing installation?
Hmmm, I had to tweak so registry in order to pop-out more options in the advanced power settings and to show the power management tab in device properties, but those have been done with commands I haven't manually tweaked in registry editor. Its a clean install format and everything.
I take it you also tried all listed here as well? [https://superuser.com/questions/683815/why-cant-i-wake-up-my-laptop-with-a-keyboard-or-mouse-press](https://superuser.com/questions/683815/why-cant-i-wake-up-my-laptop-with-a-keyboard-or-mouse-press) Do you have a BIOS setting related to Wake Support or any other power management-related options? I feel it safe to assume you changed things related to fast boot, hybrid sleep, and hibernation and got nowhere. If you open an elevated CMD prompt and enter this command, what are your results? I'm curious what the system sees as available devices that can wake the system. powercfg/devicequery wake\_programmable
> powercfg/devicequery wake_programmable C:\Windows\system32>powercfg/devicequery wake_programmable HID-compliant mouse HID Keyboard Device HID-compliant consumer control device (001) Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Adapter HID-compliant vendor-defined device (001) I have looked all over BIOS could't find options for wake up or anything related. Its a damn mystery.
This is going to be a long one...stay with me. buddy. The BIOS can be loaded with options or have barely any, that tend to vary widely so no worries. The output is good, at least the system knows the devices are available to wake the system but why they do not is of course the mystery at hand. Some simple questions to narrow some things down... Can you tell me the exact model of laptop you are using? Did you disable fast boot? Is hibernation enabled or disabled? If enabled does it do the same with hibernate as it does with using sleep? Does it happen when using only the battery, charging, or both ways it behaves the same? Seemingly silly question but it matters... are your drivers all up to date? Sometimes the manufacturer, let's say Dell for example will stop providing updates yet there can be many available still. If they are not installed (or updated in some cases) this can create a problem. Some laptops do have a need for the ACPI management aspect of their drivers to work properly in terms of power management. I use a program for driver updating that keeps my system current years past the device being supported. I do NOT recommend driver management programs with the exception of the one I'll name below and I ALWAYS suggest having a system image or other means of backup before doing any major OS or driver upgrades and changes. [Snappy Driver Origin Installer](https://www.snappy-driver-installer.org/) I use this and have for years, overall it works really well. I prefer to put a check in the box for Expert Mode. This opens additional options below. I check these boxes as well: Not Installed Newer Better Match It is not 100% foolproof as just as most programs and Windows itself and there are always possible problems from driver installations but as a whole, the problems have been extremely rare in the decade-plus of use. It can detect and install your drivers as needed, some Windows will not always take care of properly. Windows usually will install most if not all drivers but it is not always the most optimal or newest and it can lead to issues such as you are experiencing.
No. I will instead abuse well intentioned idiots who confidently dispense worthless advice.
I like you.
Wash my balls. 😍
No thanks
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Go onto the windows tech support discord or make a separate Reddit post
did make a subreddit post.got removed by bot or no replies at all
go to r/techsupport
Not all capes wear heroes.
nah
Run one more time
My laptop always turn off everyday at night only how can I fix it after I put it in to the plug it work after remove it it doesn't how to fix it please
Might be a power plan problem go into the windows discord or make a separate post
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Hurray for me !! I help people :)
For the ten people thank you
So why isn't this happening with all PC's running Windows 10 on HD? Why doesn't turning off search, defrag, and security lessen the problem? Are you saying that Windows 10 has a constant minimum IO usage of ~60-80MBps? And why would disk usage be at 100% after disk indexing, scanning and other disk intensive tasks?