Speeding up disk access in XP
By default, every time a file is opened by an application in Windows XP, the last access time of the file is updated. If, for some reason, you find this behavior useful, you are set. But if you don't really think this is needed (it's turned off by default in Vista, so that should tell you something), you can speed up your disk access by turning off this behavior. Here's how to do it.
- Go to the Start menu, select Run and type regedit to start the registry editor.
- In the left pane, navigate down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE + SYSTEM + CurrentControlSet + Control + FileSystem.
- Right-click in the right pane and select New -> DWORD Value and create a new entry called NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and give it a value of 1.
You'll then need to save your changes and reboot your machine for this change to take effect.
- Go to the Start menu, select Run and type regedit to start the registry editor.
- In the left pane, navigate down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE + SYSTEM + CurrentControlSet + Control + FileSystem.
- Right-click in the right pane and select New -> DWORD Value and create a new entry called NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and give it a value of 1.
You'll then need to save your changes and reboot your machine for this change to take effect.
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| Categories: | Windows XP speed |
| Added: | on Feb 05, 2008 at 8:20 am |
| Added By: | an anonymous user |
