| Now Windows Vista has great influence and | | | | |
| popularity; however, when people are wild | | | | The system search is related with the above |
| about beautification, shall they concentrate | | | | file compression and index. When the system |
| the protection of hard disk? Today, this | | | | compresses and indexes a huge file, it needs |
| article will spare the knowledge on hard disk | | | | to read the hard disk frequently with |
| safeguard, which is expected to bring some | | | | numerous data; moreover, when these |
| assistance to the net friends. | | | | operations are finished, the system will |
| | | | again search suited target files to |
| 1. Volume Shadow Copy Service | | | | compressed and indexed files if the user |
| | | | carry on search operations, so it is equal to |
| Volume Shadow Copy Service， VSS | | | | the repeated "converse operation" of hard |
| has the function of quick data back-up and | | | | disk. |
| recover, and it adds snapshot function | | | | |
| through volume manage module; After that, it | | | | Aiming at the above analysis, we suggest |
| could create the Image on the basis of | | | | canceling the index file search to avoid the |
| Point-In-Time, therefore, the quick back-up | | | | "seemingly methodic" search to hard disk |
| and recover of data could be realized. From | | | | every time. |
| that, we could know VSS has considerable read | | | | |
| and read-in operations to hard-disk, which | | | | Open Windows explorer, click "tool" |
| certainly aggravate the burden of hard disk, | | | | →"folder option" (if you can not |
| so the longevity of hard disk will be | | | | see "tool", please press "Alt"), in the |
| influenced as time passes. Press "Start + R" | | | | pop-up dialog box please switch to "search" |
| key combination, and in the window input | | | | tab. In the Vista default setting, only there |
| "services.msc" and press "enter" to open | | | | is the index for file, the file and content |
| "service" dialog box, and find "Volume Shadow | | | | could be searched, but if there is no index |
| Copy" in the right window. Next double click | | | | in advance, the Vista only compares the |
| "Volume Shadow Copy", in the following window | | | | filenames and finds whether the filenames |
| change the system default "automatic" into | | | | contain the search option or not. It is no |
| "disabled". | | | | doubt to reduce the search efficiency of this |
| | | | search method, and aggravate the burden of |
| 2. Compression and Index Files | | | | hard disk. |
| | | | |
| Some net friends will ask, "Do the | | | | 4. Disk defragment and system recover |
| compression and index files harm to the hard | | | | |
| disk?" Yes, they really could influence the | | | | Many friends, who have some experience on |
| longevity of hard disk. Why? You can | | | | computer, know that the damage from disk |
| understand after you read the following | | | | defragment and system recover to hard disk is |
| section. | | | | not only in Windows Vista system. However, in |
| | | | Windows Vista system, this problem is still |
| If you want to cancel the compress and index | | | | existent, so we shall not ignore it. |
| function, please right click the | | | | |
| corresponding disks or files, confirm the tab | | | | Frequent disk defragment has no benefit but |
| as "normal" in the pop-up dialog box, and | | | | damage to hard disk. Disk defragment must |
| then cancel the option "compress this drive | | | | analyze the bottom of hard disk and judge |
| to spare disk space" and "create this drive | | | | which data is movable and which data is |
| index to quickly search". If the user | | | | immovable, and then sort the files. Before |
| installs double systems (for example: Windows | | | | the sorting of hard disk data configuration, |
| Vista and Windows XP), the partition which XP | | | | it continuously and randomly reads and |
| locates is the main activity partition, so | | | | reads-in the data into other partition, and |
| Vista system has not two checkboxes in the | | | | moves the data into the suitable position. |
| above right-click menu. | | | | All these operations greatly influence the |
| | | | longevity of hard disk. |
| 3. System Search | | | | |