Task manager includes memory card in disk usage

My Windows 10 task manager shows the disk usage of C: (the system hard disk) and E: (a memory card socket). This is quite annoying as the total disk usage shows 50% when the hard disk is fully utilised, because it's including the empty memory card socket. Any way of stopping it including the memory card socket in the calculation?

Commander Kinsey wrote:

My Windows 10 task manager shows the disk usage of C: (the system hard
disk) and E: (a memory card socket). This is quite annoying as the total
disk usage shows 50% when the hard disk is fully utilised, because it's
including the empty memory card socket.* Any way of stopping it
including the memory card socket in the calculation?

What exactly do you mean? Task manager here doesn't show "usage" of any
disks, just capacity, r/w transfer rate, response time and activity.

On 09/02/2019 19:45, Andy Burns wrote:
Commander Kinsey wrote:

My Windows 10 task manager shows the disk usage of C: (the system hard
disk) and E: (a memory card socket). This is quite annoying as the
total disk usage shows 50% when the hard disk is fully utilised,
because it's including the empty memory card socket.* Any way of
stopping it including the memory card socket in the calculation?

What exactly do you mean?* Task manager here doesn't show "usage" of any
disks, just capacity, r/w transfer rate, response time and activity.

To which can be added that it shows the activity (transfer rate) for
each internal disk separately and an SD socket even with an inserted SD
card does not appear.

Possibly the OP has confused 50% activity on the graph as showing the
disk is 50% full when he knows it is near 100%. And explained that away
by assuming that he is seeing the mean usage of the disk and the empty
SD card socket ("0%").

On 09/02/2019 19:45, Andy Burns wrote:

What exactly do you mean? Task manager here doesn't show "usage" of
any disks, just capacity, r/w transfer rate, response time and activity.

He/She means that he/she wants to start a useless thread and idiots like
you are quoting him/her on this NG when some of us have filtered that
idiot long time ago. I bet this is going "to go on and on" for 2 weeks
minimum and idiots like you will keep responding.



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On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 20:25:53 -0000, MikeS wrote:

On 09/02/2019 19:45, Andy Burns wrote:
Commander Kinsey wrote:

My Windows 10 task manager shows the disk usage of C: (the system hard
disk) and E: (a memory card socket). This is quite annoying as the
total disk usage shows 50% when the hard disk is fully utilised,
because it's including the empty memory card socket. Any way of
stopping it including the memory card socket in the calculation?

What exactly do you mean? Task manager here doesn't show "usage" of any
disks, just capacity, r/w transfer rate, response time and activity.

To which can be added that it shows the activity (transfer rate) for
each internal disk separately and an SD socket even with an inserted SD
card does not appear.

Possibly the OP has confused 50% activity on the graph as showing the
disk is 50% full when he knows it is near 100%. And explained that away
by assuming that he is seeing the mean usage of the disk and the empty
SD card socket ("0%").

No, you're both incorrect. I'll be more specific.

On the main task manager screen (processes tab), along the top is x% CPU, x% memory, x% disk, x% network. It's this disk percentage which is wrong, as if drive C: is fully utilised, it shows 50%, as it's totalling two "disks".

On the performance tab, down the left side is CPU, Memory, Disk 0 (C, Disk 1 (E, Ethernet, GPU 0. E: is "generic SD/MMC/MS RO USB device", which is a camera card socket on the front of my PC, with no card inserted. This obviously reads 0% usage, while C: goes up to 100%, but on the processes tab, it shows the average, which is up to 50%.

Commander Kinsey wrote:

On the main task manager screen (processes tab), along the top is x%
CPU, x% memory, x% disk, x% network.* It's this disk percentage which is
wrong, as if drive C: is fully utilised, it shows 50%, as it's totalling
two "disks".

By "disk usage" most people would assume you meant the percentage of
space used, in fact it's showing the % of transfer rate.

On the performance tab, down the left side is CPU, Memory, Disk 0 (C,
Disk 1 (E, Ethernet, GPU 0.* E: is "generic SD/MMC/MS RO USB device",

On this machine, removable disks such as USB flash drives and SD or TF
cards do not show in task manager.

On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 19:45:54 -0000, Andy Burns wrote:

Commander Kinsey wrote:

My Windows 10 task manager shows the disk usage of C: (the system hard
disk) and E: (a memory card socket). This is quite annoying as the total
disk usage shows 50% when the hard disk is fully utilised, because it's
including the empty memory card socket. Any way of stopping it
including the memory card socket in the calculation?

What exactly do you mean? Task manager here doesn't show "usage" of any
disks, just capacity, r/w transfer rate, response time and activity.

It most certainly does show usage. If you look on the performance tab, you get "active time" and "disk transfer rate". No matter how fast or slow it's transferring, if the disk is maxed out (ie. the heads are working overtime accessing lots of little files) it'll show 100%. The problem is on the processes tab, it shows the average usage for all drives on the system. And it's including my (empty) camera card reader. The average of 100% and 0% is 50%.

Commander Kinsey wrote:

It most certainly does show usage.* If you look on the performance tab, you

Never see the word "usage"

"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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My Windows 10 task manager shows the disk usage of C: (the system hard
disk) and E: (a memory card socket). This is quite annoying as the total
disk usage shows 50% when the hard disk is fully utilised, because it's
including the empty memory card socket. Any way of stopping it including
the memory card socket in the calculation?


See if this doesn't help.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...storage-spaces

If you've made a pool for storage space, this may be causing what you're
seeing in Task Manager.

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Bob S.

On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:25:02 -0000, Andy Burns wrote:

Commander Kinsey wrote:

It most certainly does show usage. If you look on the performance tab, you

Never see the word "usage"

Sorry, that's what I called it, the task manager says "active time".

On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:36:30 -0000, n/a wrote:

"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
news

My Windows 10 task manager shows the disk usage of C: (the system hard
disk) and E: (a memory card socket). This is quite annoying as the total
disk usage shows 50% when the hard disk is fully utilised, because it's
including the empty memory card socket. Any way of stopping it including
the memory card socket in the calculation?

See if this doesn't help.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...storage-spaces

If you've made a pool for storage space, this may be causing what you're
seeing in Task Manager.

I have no pools. Just a standard 1TB rotary hard disk and a camera card reader.

On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:21:26 -0000, Andy Burns wrote:

Commander Kinsey wrote:

On the main task manager screen (processes tab), along the top is x%
CPU, x% memory, x% disk, x% network. It's this disk percentage which is
wrong, as if drive C: is fully utilised, it shows 50%, as it's totalling
two "disks".

By "disk usage" most people would assume you meant the percentage of
space used,

I meant usage as in how often it's in use. For example if a company's van was being driven around 24 hours a day, it's 100% used, it cannot be used for any other trips. But it may not be driving flat out, it could be going only 30mph.

in fact it's showing the % of transfer rate.

It isn't. It can show 100% at 1MBps or 100% at 100MBps. It depends on how fragmented the files are, and if it's having to read multiple files from different sectors.

On the performance tab, down the left side is CPU, Memory, Disk 0 (C,
Disk 1 (E, Ethernet, GPU 0. E: is "generic SD/MMC/MS RO USB device",

On this machine, removable disks such as USB flash drives and SD or TF
cards do not show in task manager.

It does for me, and I'd like to remove this one from the list:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jpo0ioysow...nager.jpg?dl=0

On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:21:26 -0000, Andy Burns wrote:

Commander Kinsey wrote:

On the main task manager screen (processes tab), along the top is x%
CPU, x% memory, x% disk, x% network. It's this disk percentage which is
wrong, as if drive C: is fully utilised, it shows 50%, as it's totalling
two "disks".

By "disk usage" most people would assume you meant the percentage of
space used, in fact it's showing the % of transfer rate.

On the performance tab, down the left side is CPU, Memory, Disk 0 (C,
Disk 1 (E, Ethernet, GPU 0. E: is "generic SD/MMC/MS RO USB device",

On this machine, removable disks such as USB flash drives and SD or TF
cards do not show in task manager.

You got me thinking, so I tried "hide empty drives" and "don't show hidden drives" in the folder options. Drive E: disappeared from windows explorer, but unfortunately this had no effect on the task manager.

"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:36:30 -0000, n/a wrote:

"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
news

My Windows 10 task manager shows the disk usage of C: (the system hard
disk) and E: (a memory card socket). This is quite annoying as the total
disk usage shows 50% when the hard disk is fully utilised, because it's
including the empty memory card socket. Any way of stopping it
including
the memory card socket in the calculation?

See if this doesn't help.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...storage-spaces

If you've made a pool for storage space, this may be causing what you're
seeing in Task Manager.

I have no pools. Just a standard 1TB rotary hard disk and a camera card
reader.

Alright then... Are you referencing 'space used' or 'performance'
--
Bob S.

Commander Kinsey wrote:

Sorry, that's what I called it, the task manager says "active time".

if you put an SD card in the slot, and then in File Explorer right click
the drive letter, do you get an "Eject" option for it, or does it seem
to think it's a non-removable device?