Every time a directory on an NTFS drive is accessed by Windows XP, it updates that

directory and every subdirectory with a time stamp to indicate the date of access. In

folders with a lot of subdirectories, this can add considerable overhead to whatever

your PC happens to be doing.

This process can be disabled through the registry:

Open REGEDIT

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem.

Create a new DWORD value called 'NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate' and set the value

to '1'

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