100% Activity time of hard disk in HP 1000-1140tu .

Hi Everyone
HP 1000-1140tu notebook with 500GB (Toshiba MQ01ABD050 ) , 2GB Ram ddr3 and core i3 processor. This machine has 100% Activity time for hard disk and average response time is always above 1200ms. Mostly system get stucks for 2-3 minutes.
I have re-installed windows 7 and windows 8.1 64bit versions and format the hard drive but issue is not fixed.Also i have updated bios to latest version. Does anybody know about this issue?
I have two suppositions about this issue :
1. Hard drive controlller issue
2. Hard drive connectors issue

Hello @Hp1000TU ,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand you have 100% disk usage on your notebook at all times.
Let's start by optimizing the hardware performance on your notebook by changing the power plan to High Performance.
You can also try running a disk check for corruptions on the drive, and have the computer try to fix them. To do this I suggest booting the notebook into safe mode with command prompt, and then running the following command:
chkdsk /b /v /x C:
Let me know the results of the check disk or if the power plan resolved the issue.
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I work on behalf of HP.

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iphone 4 (2 devices)
iphone 4s "
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