Windows 8: Hard drive at 100% far more often that in Windows 7

Hello
I have installed Windows 8 Professional roughly 4/5 days ago. I find that the hard drive is at 100% far more than when I was doing similar tasks in Windows 7.
My general tasks are:
Visual Studio
Sql Server
GIMP
Chrome
Windows Media Player
Internet Explorer
So nothing hugely out of the ordinary.
In task manager it simply says that 'System' is taking 60+%.
Is there a way I can give more information, perhaps a tool to give a more accurate dump etc...?
Thank you very much for your help,
Richard Hughes

Hi Guys,
I have the solution to our problems, I also have the same problem
Just follow this steps im about to give.
Step 1
1. Open Task Manager > Services Tab
2. Look for "Browser"
3. Right Click it then disabled
4.Right Click it again then click open services
Under services
1. Look for Computer Browser
2. Right Click Properties
3. at the startup from "manual" change it to disabled
Step 2
1. Open Task Manager > Services Tab
2. Look for "IKEEXT"
3. Right Click it then disabled
4.Right Click it again then click open services
Under services
1. Look for IKE and AuthIP IPsec etc etc
2. Right Click Properties
3. at the startup from "manual" change it to disabled
after this the problem will be solved about win 8.1 process error.
Best Regards,
Andrew Aguirre

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