# 13 to 46 instances of Brave running - Hard drive at 100% - Brave Unusable **URL:** \ **Category:** Desktop Support\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [August 18, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/13-to-46-instances-of-brave-running-hard-drive-at-100-brave-unusable/425667 "2022-08-18T19:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snuffleuppagus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@Snuffleuppagus](https://community.brave.app/u/Snuffleuppagus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/13-to-46-instances-of-brave-running-hard-drive-at-100-brave-unusable/425667/1 "2022-08-18T19:08:54Z")
First, the technical stuff: Brave Version 1.42.97 Chromium: 104.0.5112.102 (Official Build) (64-bit) Windows Version 21H1, Build 19043.1889 (Autoupdted yesterday) Problem: When Brave starts my home screen comes up just fine. However, there are 13-18 instances of Brave running which causes System to access the hard drive at about 70%. If I then to go ANY web page (especially those with animation) Brave jumps up to as many as 46 instances running and System has the hard drive at 100%\_rendering my PC absolutely useless - no matter what software I am using in the foreground or background. If I then shut down Brave, I can then watch it releasing instances and when it is totally shut down, my hard disk use drops to about 3% and the PC is fast again. Should I then restart Brave, I go through the same sequence. I have dumped cache (both in brve and other software and temp files at the system level), I have ran both SFC and DISM. None of this helps. This started happening about2 months ago when Brave did an auto-update. Prior to that, Brave was fast and reliable. Sugggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Chocoholic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/chocoholic/32/114357_2.png) [@Chocoholic](https://community.brave.app/u/Chocoholic)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/13-to-46-instances-of-brave-running-hard-drive-at-100-brave-unusable/425667/2 "2022-08-19T00:07:46Z")
Hi and welcome to the community. Posting a topic by another community member that may help with your issue. Hope it does! Take care. > [@Brave uses a lot of resources causing fatal errors](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-uses-a-lot-of-resources-causing-fatal-errors/391483/2): > > Hi @HectorCastillo Try this: Disable hardware acceleration Clear browser data If using nvidia go to settings and choose AUTO-SELECT. Restart browser. If CPU still too high, Hold CTRL+SHIFT+N then test in Private Mode. if CPU is OK, an extension might be causing the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Chocoholic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/chocoholic/32/114357_2.png) [@Chocoholic](https://community.brave.app/u/Chocoholic)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/13-to-46-instances-of-brave-running-hard-drive-at-100-brave-unusable/425667/4 "2022-08-19T16:01:24Z")
> [@anon57438784](#): > > First check Brave’s task manager with shift+esc > That way you can check the real resources used by Brave, but also get the PID in case you need it to identify the process in system task manager. Great tip. And thanks for the keyboard shortcut too. I usually go through the hamburger menu but shift+esc is a lot easier! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/13-to-46-instances-of-brave-running-hard-drive-at-100-brave-unusable/425667/5 "2022-09-18T16:01:40Z")
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