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Inspired by this answer, I realize I have no idea how to disable the last accessed attribute in Windows to increase performance. If you can, how?

I know in Linux you can mount the partition with the 'noatime' option, but is there a similar feature in Windows for NTFS?

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Oooh, this will be a good one, +1 – Avery Payne Jun 30 '09 at 16:30
I split the difference between sweimann's and J Rennie's answers - they both answer the question but provide different information. – romandas Jun 30 '09 at 17:31
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fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1

But be careful, some program (especially backup programs) might need this.

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Accepted -- nice use of fsutil. +1 went to the reg entry and the technet link from J Rennie. – romandas Jun 30 '09 at 17:23
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc959914.aspx

Whether it makes much difference is debatable.

JR

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+1 for the registry entry and technet link -- I was rather torn as to which would be 'better', but wanted to promote the use of fsutil. – romandas Jun 30 '09 at 17:24
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