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	A faster NTFS file system You probably use the NTFS file system (see the properties of your C: partition). You can improve performance by making some changes in the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Filesystem Change the following registry values, as you wish: DisableNTFSLastAccessUpdate=dword:00000001 (last file access is no longer registered). NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation=dword:00000001 (no more double filenames: long names and the old 8.3 variant (the 8.3 file notation is used for the older Windows versions). NtfsMftZoneReservation=dword:00000002 (if there are many files on a partition, the master file table (MFT) can get fragmented, with this tweak there will be no more fragmenting of the file master file table (default value = 1, range 1-4). go back