Optimize NTFS partitions to improve hard drive quality

A file system is an important factor affecting the speed of a computer when the hardware devices are the same. The recommended file system format for personal systems is NTFS. In order to make the NTFS file system better to improve system performance, we can optimize it.

First, close the access timestamp

We open the properties of any file in the NTFS partition, you can see the file creation time, modification time and last in its "General" tab. One visit time. If there are a large number of files in the partition and there are multiple layers of the directory structure, these time stamp information is updated for each access or modification. In this regard, we can disable the update by modifying the registry.

Running “regedit”Open the Registry Editor, then find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet /Control/FileSystem", double click on the right side of "Ntfsdisablelastassessupdate", and change its value to "1" ;

Second, prohibit 8.3 name format

In the early Windows operating system, especially the DOS system, file naming has always adopted the format of 8.3. In the NTFS partition of Windows XP, there is no such limitation. But we switch to the command prompt window, you will find that the file name is more than 8 characters will be replaced by the ~ symbol. In this regard, we can find NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation under the above key value of the registry, set its value to 1, which can disable the Windows 8.1 NTFS partition application 8.3 format.

Third, optimize the main file table

The main file table saves the file index information on the disk. As the number of hardware files increases, the main file table storage space will also grow. Its fragments are also inevitable.

Open the registry, find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/FileSystem", double-click the Dword button of "NtfsMftzonereservation" and set its value to 3 or 4.