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Disable the NTFS Last Access Time Stamp at Registry Guide for Windows
Disable the NTFS Last Access Time Stamp (Windows NT/2000/XP) Popular
When Windows accesses a directory on an NTFS volume, it updates the LastAccess time stamp on each directory it detects. Therefore, if there are a large number of directories, this can affect performance.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, named “NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate” and set it to “1” to prevent the LastAccess time stamp from being updated.
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.