Recent content by bhager

Sorry. I thought since the service was disabled and it is system that is showing the read / writes (specifically the .vhdx file when I launch resource monitor) that windows search was not the culprit. I can try what you suggested and see.

HDMI, As I mentioned above, I have already disabled this service: "I've disabled various services, (BITS, superfetch, windows search), updated SATA drivers, excluded the .vhdx file from Windows Defender / Antivirus, set power plan on high performance, and converted the VHDX file from...

Thanks for the welcome Brink! I do have an HDD. Is it typical though to have disk usage at 100% for hours (clean install)? I let it sit for maybe 2 or 3 hours and it never dropped. I know an SSD would certainly help, but figured that might just be side stepping the real issue I'm having...

I have been able to boot my system using a VHDX with this tutorial, but the performance is really bad (almost unusable) with disk usage at 100%. Trying to see what might be causing this. I've disabled various services, (BITS, superfetch, windows search), updated SATA drivers, excluded the .vhdx...