Major Lion Flaw: Uncontrollable Logging and Disk Usage

Okay, after reading a few users' problems I double checked myself just in case. I opened up the console app, and there were hundreds, if not thousands of logs just in the past 2 hours. And when I say 'get info' on Macintosh HD the used disk space is increasing every 5 to 10 seconds. This is the only concerning bug/glitch of noticed in Lion since upgrading. Everything else seems to work (almost) perfectly. However, until this major flaw is fixed, I'm planning on using Snow Leopard. Question is: how do I do that? How do I clear my Macintosh HD completely, and install Snow Leopard, with a clean drive? Thanks.

I think, maybe, this is Snapshots using available disk space. It will equally make space if needed. The information the user gets is still a problem. I have submitted a Bug Report.
Is that only applicable to laptops and can it be turned off on Time Machine?
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15722103#15722103

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i) Check if you have more than one anti-virus installed..Check for Trial versions.If there is any then uninstall it.
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Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
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I Have an HP Dv6 pavillion 7011tx. after i upgraded this laptop to windows 8, i observed that the disk usage (in task manager) always shows 100% activity..had an Clean boot, tried all the disk checks and management things . rebooted th pc again with windows 8 but still the problem continues..
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COMING TO MY QUERY,
I think that the problem is with bios config, my hardisk type is SATA but the bios has it set to EF mode currently .
Which has made my pc very very slow The insyde h20 bios sucks!
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I5 3rd gen intel processor
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I AM THINKING TO BUY AN SOLID STATE DRIVE, i hope that it will resolve the problem as it is compatible on both the mode. I will extend my HDD with SDD!
Can i do it myself or shall i have to go to HP CENTER.
DOES MY WARRANTY GETS VOID IF I OPEN THE LAPTOP BACK FOR THIS ?
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk
The type of the file system is NTFS.
WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
312576 file records processed.
File verification completed.
2842 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
374016 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered.
Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
30721 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
34898944 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.
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0 KB in bad sectors.
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4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
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213802697 allocation units available on disk.
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The type of the file system is NTFS.
WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
312576 file records processed.
File verification completed.
2842 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
374016 index entries processed.
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0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered.
Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
30721 data files processed.
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35081856 USN bytes processed.
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95217124 KB in 126944 files.
72404 KB in 30722 indexes.
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65536 KB occupied by the log file.
855157688 KB available on disk.
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