Constant HDD activity when using WMP since Windows 10 April update

IggyStooge · 17 May 2018 at 12:04

Hello,

Since the windows 10 April update, every time I open Windows Media Player it causes non stop activity (70-80%) on the HDD where my music is stored. It is on a partition, not on C: drive.

It isn't updating the library. I have restored the library. Backup isn't in use. Windows isn't indexing.

This is the first time I've had this problem but I've read others have had similar problems.

Anyone encountered this and found a solution? I don't really want to use another Media player.

Thanks very much.

Rroff · 17 May 2018 at 12:12

What is the drive and rest of the system?

With the latest update there have been serious issues identified with systems with some Intel SSDs and a variety of Toshiba systems have some variations of storage problems including impacting on battery life and random high utilisation, etc.

EDIT: Also one of the recent updates has problems with the thumbnail cache especially in relation to media usage which in some cases is causing significant disc utilisation.

IggyStooge · 17 May 2018 at 12:19

i7 950 3.07 GHz, Asus P6X58D-E, Samsung Evo 250GB SSD, Western Digital 6TB HDD (3 Partitions), 6 GB Corsair Ram.

Bug One · 17 May 2018 at 12:28

I found the search indexer doing a load of HD work after the update. A few days later it's gone away.

IggyStooge · 17 May 2018 at 12:36

Indexer doesn't appear to be doing anything now. Says complete. Internet explorer history, Music and Start menu are listed but they always were.