8. Disable Last Access Time
By default, each file and folder on an NTFS volume has an attribute called Last Access Time, which records the last time the file or folder was opened, read, or changed. This means even when you read a file on an NTFS volume, a write action occurs on that volume too. Normally this isn't a problem, but if you have an application that tends to frequently access files for short periods of time, this feature of NTFS can really slow performance. Fortunately, you can use fsutil to disable writing to the Last Access Time attribute:
Kod:
fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1
Once this is done, the Last Access Time attribute for newly created files will simply be their File Creation Time.
One caveat: disabling Last Access Time may affect the operation of backup programs that use the Remote Storage service.