05-29-2010, 08:35 AM
If you’re using the NTFS partition on your system instead of FAT32, you can get a bit performance increase by disabling Windows Indexing service. Windows indexing keeps putting files in its cache or index, whatever you call it so when you look for it next time, it could display results faster. So, it just helps in faster searching.
The downside of disabling indexing is that searching your drive for a specific file might take a moment or two longer, but everything else should run faster.
How to disable indexing in Windows
To disable this feature open My Computer and then right click on the drive you wish to reset – usually C-drive. Now click on Properties and then uncheck “Allow Indexing Service.” It will take Windows a few moments to accomplish this task, based on your processor speed. If you have other hard drives, perform the same process for them. After this is done, it’s a good idea to empty the Recycle Bin and then Defragment your hard drive(s).
Alternately, To disable the Indexing service, open Computer Management from Administrative Tools (on the Start menu if you enabled this, or from the Control Panel), select Services and Applications, double click Services, and find the Indexing Service. Double click to bring up the Properties window, and click Stop to let Windows stop the service. Then from the Status type drop down box select Disabled.
The downside of disabling indexing is that searching your drive for a specific file might take a moment or two longer, but everything else should run faster.
How to disable indexing in Windows
To disable this feature open My Computer and then right click on the drive you wish to reset – usually C-drive. Now click on Properties and then uncheck “Allow Indexing Service.” It will take Windows a few moments to accomplish this task, based on your processor speed. If you have other hard drives, perform the same process for them. After this is done, it’s a good idea to empty the Recycle Bin and then Defragment your hard drive(s).
Alternately, To disable the Indexing service, open Computer Management from Administrative Tools (on the Start menu if you enabled this, or from the Control Panel), select Services and Applications, double click Services, and find the Indexing Service. Double click to bring up the Properties window, and click Stop to let Windows stop the service. Then from the Status type drop down box select Disabled.