windows 8.1 freezing

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#1

So this is really weird behaviour , I am using windows 8.1 updated about 2 months ago to avoid of course some annoying issue such as harddisk 100% usage with windows 8. Now whats happening is say I have eclipse open , if I don’t do anything with eclipse for 10 mintues and leave my computer then come back to it. If I try to move the mouse or performs some action the program im using will appear to be okay initially then after about 30 seconds the entire window will freeze up , then windows explorer will freeze up and then most other things will freeze.

Anyone got any solutions.

#2

I’ve had the same problem with my windows installation, both the disk usage 100% and everything freezing :stuck_out_tongue: I would also appreciate a solution, as I cant’t really switch to Linux (too many programs only support Windows still)

#3

Same reasons

#4

I think someone here recently reported a service called sysprep using 100% HDD and suggested disabling it.

#5

[quote=“lcass,post:1,topic:53107”]
This is a bit of a shot in the dark, but you might try rebuilding your pagefile. You can do this by disabling virtual memory, rebooting, deleting the pagefile, re-enabling virtual memory and finally rebooting a second time. The default location of the pagefile used to be in the base of the system drive (it probably still is, but you might need to check).

The better answer is to switch to Linux as your primary development environment and keep a Windows machine on hand for when you need to use Windows-only applications or to test your software on that platform.

Also, not trying to hassle you, but asking for Windows support on a Java programming website would probably be considered an error in judgment, not unlike the decision to run Eclipse on Windows 8.

#6

I experienced this issue two times, not once, and I ended up reformatting the hard disk every time. Here is the post I’ve made earlier. I don’t know why this is occurring, but I thought it was because of my aged PC (I’ve used it for seven years).

The issue still persists, so I moved to OS X and Linux and I’m fine with them. But my laptop came with 8.1 and it works perfectly fine. I’m interested in finding the solution too.

#7

I had this issue a couple of months ago, whole PC freezing for seconds, minutes, sometimes recovering, sometimes getting a bluescreen.
checked the whole RAM with MemTest. No errors.

so eventually I figured out it was my SSD where windows is stored on.
I kinda thought SSDs break completely or not at all, but apparently some sectors were going bad, and the problem became worse and worse.
Which makes this my second SSD to break. fortunately amazon knows and always refund my money completely or send me a new one, whichever I prefer.

So that could be it, even with a HDD of course.

Do a complete RAM check and a complete HDD check.

#8

Any chance you guys are using windows defender? If you are that could be it. After an update I had my computer did this for about two week, now it’s back to normal but it was really frustrating.

#9

It appears to only do it with eclipse kepler open , so I guess ill test it without see if anything similar happens and if not then I will try to reinstall it.