<![CDATA[Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing]]>So lately what has been happening is I'll just be using Opera and randomly everything starts slowing down and becomes laggy. When I check task manager, Opera has it's disk usage at 1%. Because I have three drives, that means it's using 100% of 1 of them. Opera is installed on my SSD not my HDD, yet my HDD is being used up completely. It's so annoying and it happens all day, everyday.disk usage high.png disk usage high 2.png i got these screenshots while i opened one new window, the lag lasted for about 25 seconds and it was lagging not only the browser, but the whole pc.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/62590/opera-gx-causing-other-drive-to-go-up-to-100-usage-and-causes-freezingRSS for NodeThu, 05 Mar 2026 12:10:46 GMTSun, 21 May 2023 16:28:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:35:23 GMT]]>this is still happening

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/311928https://forums.opera.com/post/311928Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:35:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Tue, 23 May 2023 18:47:41 GMT]]>@leocg oh, i get it. I checked it and task manager reports that it's the PID 2212 (Opera GX Internet Browser) and Opera's task manager says that that id is the browser. 6b108f8f-d758-49bc-8f77-7e752308e7f9-image.png 405f840f-3dd0-4d40-84e3-871bd528a0fc-image.png i couldn't make it lag as much this time but you get the point.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310950https://forums.opera.com/post/310950Tue, 23 May 2023 18:47:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Tue, 23 May 2023 17:09:23 GMT]]>@katsikopoylos You need to compare the info in Windows task manager with the one in Opera's task manager as I said, and enabling the PID column in Windows task manager allows you to do that.

So, basically, you expand the Opera GX process list in Windows task manager and check the process that is using the disk mostly and take note of its PID.
Then in Opera's task manager, you check the process ID column to identify what is the process with same number of the PID.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310941https://forums.opera.com/post/310941Tue, 23 May 2023 17:09:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Tue, 23 May 2023 13:55:52 GMT]]>@leocg it just says opera gx, like the first screenshot

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310922https://forums.opera.com/post/310922Tue, 23 May 2023 13:55:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Tue, 23 May 2023 13:30:54 GMT]]>@katsikopoylos So no process is using the disk?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310907https://forums.opera.com/post/310907Tue, 23 May 2023 13:30:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Tue, 23 May 2023 13:28:44 GMT]]>@leocg it doesn't say

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310906https://forums.opera.com/post/310906Tue, 23 May 2023 13:28:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Mon, 22 May 2023 15:39:19 GMT]]>@katsikopoylos Enable the PID in Windows task manager. Then, in Opera, go to menu > Developer > Task Manager (or use Shift + Esc) and try checking which process is using the disk.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310836https://forums.opera.com/post/310836Mon, 22 May 2023 15:39:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Mon, 22 May 2023 15:29:24 GMT]]>@leocg yes, i removed everything related to opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310834https://forums.opera.com/post/310834Mon, 22 May 2023 15:29:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Mon, 22 May 2023 11:21:08 GMT]]>@katsikopoylos Did you also removed your data when you uninstalled Opera?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310790https://forums.opera.com/post/310790Mon, 22 May 2023 11:21:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Mon, 22 May 2023 07:10:30 GMT]]>@leocg i know, i don't know why this is happening. I even did a complete reinstall and still the same thing.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310778https://forums.opera.com/post/310778Mon, 22 May 2023 07:10:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Sun, 21 May 2023 22:43:56 GMT]]>@katsikopoylos Then it shouldn't be messing with your D drive.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310752https://forums.opera.com/post/310752Sun, 21 May 2023 22:43:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Sun, 21 May 2023 21:47:22 GMT]]>@leocg my install is on my F ssd, the profile and the cache is on the C ssd, where i have windows. Only my D is an hdd, the problem.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310750https://forums.opera.com/post/310750Sun, 21 May 2023 21:47:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Sun, 21 May 2023 19:29:12 GMT]]>@katsikopoylos You can just check in opera://about if you want.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310735https://forums.opera.com/post/310735Sun, 21 May 2023 19:29:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Sun, 21 May 2023 18:46:01 GMT]]>@leocg The data yes. The profile i think so, if it is what i think it is.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310731https://forums.opera.com/post/310731Sun, 21 May 2023 18:46:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing on Sun, 21 May 2023 17:53:19 GMT]]>@katsikopoylos Both the installation and the profile/data directory are on the same disk?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310727https://forums.opera.com/post/310727Sun, 21 May 2023 17:53:19 GMT