Crucial ssd utility

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This article describes a method of disabling 8.3 file name creation on all NTFS partitions. These conventions restrict file names to eight characters and optional extensions to three characters. The use of 8.3 file names and directories for all long file names and directories on NTFS partitions may decrease directory enumeration performance. An 8.3-compliant file name refers to MS-DOS file-naming conventions.

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My crucial SSD utility reported that I should optimize my SSD performance by disabling 8.3 file name creation on all NTFS partitions.

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