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Lower NTFS overhead for VMs
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ntfs_overhead.txt
rem increase ntfs mtz size
fsutil behavior set mftzone 2
rem disable last access time on all files
fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1
rem http://archive.oreilly.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/95219 (some installers need 8dot3 filenames)
rem disable 8dot3 filenames
ram Warning: Some applications such as incremental backup utilities rely on this update information and do not function correctly without it.
fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1
echo now you can reboot
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