Opera GX causing other drive to go up to 100% usage and causes freezing

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KATSIKOPOYLOS last edited by

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. 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.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @KATSIKOPOYLOS last edited by

@katsikopoylos Both the installation and the profile/data directory are on the same disk?

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KATSIKOPOYLOS @leocg last edited by

@leocg The data yes. The profile i think so, if it is what i think it is.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @KATSIKOPOYLOS last edited by

@katsikopoylos You can just check in opera://about if you want.

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KATSIKOPOYLOS @leocg last edited by

@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.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @KATSIKOPOYLOS last edited by

@katsikopoylos Then it shouldn't be messing with your D drive.

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KATSIKOPOYLOS @leocg last edited by

@leocg i know, i don't know why this is happening. I even did a complete reinstall and still the same thing.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @KATSIKOPOYLOS last edited by

@katsikopoylos Did you also removed your data when you uninstalled Opera?

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KATSIKOPOYLOS @leocg last edited by

@leocg yes, i removed everything related to opera.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @KATSIKOPOYLOS last edited by

@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.

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KATSIKOPOYLOS @leocg last edited by

@leocg it doesn't say

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @KATSIKOPOYLOS last edited by

@katsikopoylos So no process is using the disk?

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KATSIKOPOYLOS @leocg last edited by

@leocg it just says opera gx, like the first screenshot

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @KATSIKOPOYLOS last edited by

@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.

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KATSIKOPOYLOS @leocg last edited by

@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. i couldn't make it lag as much this time but you get the point.

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KATSIKOPOYLOS @KATSIKOPOYLOS last edited by KATSIKOPOYLOS

this is still happening