How does Win8 transfer the index file Windows.edb to non-system disk

  
In Win8 system, we often use the search function, and the index file Windows.edb provides powerful convenience for search. This file is useful, but it is bulky, is stored in the system disk, and is getting bigger and bigger. By moving the index file to a non-system disk, you can slim down the system disk. The path to the Windows.edb file is C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Search\\Data\\Applications\\Windows. This is a screenshot of the properties of the Windows.edb file in the Win8 computer. You can see that there are more than 600 MB in size, and some friends can even reach a few GB in size. Although we can delete the file, as it was said before, it is still very useful (and it will be generated after the search function is removed again), so we better keep it, but we can move it. The location of the Windows.edb file. Here's how: Win + F shortcuts, open the “search" super button, search “ index option & rdquo;. As shown in the figure: Open the “Index Options” window and click the “Advanced” button at the bottom to open the “Advanced Options” window. As shown in the figure: Click the “Select new location” button in the lower right corner to select the path of the non-system disk for Windows.edb. Finally, click "OK", restart the computer, you can move Windows.edb to a non-system disk, thus achieving the purpose of slimming the Win8 system disk. Index, everyone is no stranger, equivalent to the catalog of books. An index file consists of a data file, which is an ordered file with an index. Indexing technology provides faster convenience for searching. If you don't care about the convenience of indexing, you can delete the index file, but it will also be automatically generated. Only delete and disable "Windows Serch" after it is deleted.
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