Today I share with you the factors and operating skills related to hard disk protection in Windows Vista, I hope to help you. There are some features and services in Vista that have a greater impact on the life of the hard drive, we can use less or disable. 1. Volume Shadow Copy Service Volume Shadow Copy Service Service Volume Shadow Copy Service (abbreviation VSS, meaning Volume Copy Copy Service), VSS has a fast data backup and recovery function, it adds snapshot function on the volume management module, Based on this, you can create a point-in-time based image (Image) for fast backup and recovery of data. From this, we can see that VSS is a large-capacity read and write operation on the hard disk, which will undoubtedly increase the burden on the hard disk, and will affect the service life of the hard disk over time. Disable: "Press the "Window + R" key combination, enter "services.msc" in the blank field of the pop-up window, press Enter, open the "Services" dialog box, and then find "Volume Shadow Copy" in the right window. Then double-click "VolumeShadow Copy", in the window that opens, change the system default "automatic" to "disabled". 2. Compress and index files may have friends to ask: compressed files and index files will also Damage to the hard drive? Yes, it does affect the life of the hard drive. As for why, don't worry, wait until you see the article, naturally understand. Disable: To cancel the file compression and indexing function, please right Click the corresponding CD drive letter (or file), confirm the current tab as "General" in the pop-up dialog box, then uncheck "Compress this drive to save disk space" and "Create this driver index faster" Search." If the user has installed a dual system (such as Windows Vista and Windows XP), because the XP partition is the main active partition, because The Vista system does not have those two options on the right-click menu above. 3. The system search system search is actually related to the file compression and index mentioned earlier. When the system compresses a large file size When indexing, it is necessary to read and write the hard disk frequently and with a large amount of data. After these operations are completed, when the user performs a search operation, the system will find a match again from the compressed file and the indexed file. The target file, which is about equal to the hard drive again, has a "reverse operation". For the above analysis, it is recommended that you delete the system's index file search to avoid the hard-to-play "loos-like" search every time. Disable: Open the resource Manager, click "Tools" → "Folder Options" (if you don't see the "Tools" bar, press the "Alt" button), in the pop-up dialog box, switch to the "Search" tab. The default in Vista In the setting, the file name and content are searched only when searching at the location where the index exists, and there is no index (file location) in advance. Vista only compares whether the file name contains search terms. This will undoubtedly reduce the search efficiency of this search method, and will also increase the burden on the hard disk. 4. Disk defragmentation and system restore system restore and defragmentation damage to the hard disk is not Windows Vista This is only available under the system. However, under Windows Vista, this problem still exists, so it cannot be ignored. Frequent disk defragmentation is harmful to the hard disk. Disk defragmentation should analyze the hard disk to determine which data can be moved and which The data can't be moved, and then the files are sorted and sorted. Before the hard disk data structure is formally arranged, it continuously reads the written data to other clusters, and then sorts the data and then moves the data back to the appropriate position. Seriously affect the life of the hard disk. To close the defragmentation program, follow the steps below: Click “Start” → “All Programs” → “Accessories” → “System Tools” → “Disk Defragmenter”, and cancel “Run as scheduled” in the window that opens. can. The Windows Vista Disk Defragmentation Tool includes two very significant updates. The first is the easy-to-use and clear disk defragmentation status display interface. The second is the automatic defragmentation that is enabled by default. The specific time is one o'clock every Wednesday afternoon. At the time it is turned on, the system will automatically try to arrange the files to make your system run faster. This can be said to be an iconic feature of the Microsoft operating system. To turn off the system restore, follow these steps: Right-click "Computer" → "Properties" → "System Protection" on the system desktop, and then close the system according to the information in the dialog window. Indifferent, other related software usage, such as BT download, and the size of the download cache will directly affect the life of the hard disk. In addition, the ReadyBoost feature in Windows Vista "supposedly" also affects the life of the hard drive.