EWF Performance Considerations

This section includes topics about how you can improve the performance of your run-time image with EWF enabled.

In This Section

• Changing the Location of the Event Log
  Describes how to change the location of the system event log to a non-protected volume.
• Changing the Location of the Pagefile
  Describes how to change the location of a system pagefile to a non-protected volume.
• Changing the Location of the Temporary Files Folder
  Describes how to change the location of the temporary files directory to a non-protected volume.
• Disabling Disk Defragmentation
  Describes how to disable background disk defragmentation and auto-layout services.
• Disabling Last Access Time Stamps
  Describes how to disable NTFS last access time stamps.
• Disabling Prefetch
  Describes how to disable Prefetch to improve EWF performance.
• Disabling System Restore
  Describes how to disable system restore.

Related Sections

• Enhanced Write Filter
  Describes the Enhanced Write Filter Help topics.
• Enhanced Write Filter API
  Describes the Enhanced Write Filter API functions.
• EWF Design Considerations
  Describes some of the considerations to make when configuring EWF.

Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.