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How can I protect my hard drive from bad sectors? How to prevent hard drive damage? Let me share with you a few methods that can prevent your hard drive from being overused and causing bad sectors.

1. Disable file indexing feature

This can help us use Windows Search feature faster, but opening Indexing Service will often read file data and add it to Index Library, so users who don't often use Search feature can try to enable disable this service and disable The method is very simple , mouse write letter of offline system drive, select properties, uncheck Allow indexing of file contents on this drive (I) in addition to file properties, or directly enter local service, search "windows search", double click to disable service in property panel , and prevent service from starting.

2. Disable Volume Shadow Copy

Volume Shadow Copy manages and executes volume shadow copies for backup and other purposes. In fact, it is useless and can be turned off altogether. But if this service is stopped, backup will not have a shadow copy and backup will fail. If this service is disabled, any services that depend on it will not start. Win + R to open services.msc, find volume shadow copy, disable it or manually.

3. Disable Windows Defender

I think Windows Defender is also a well-known program. This is antivirus software that Microsoft comes with Windows system. You no longer need this program, you need to close it. I know that Windows Defender often reads and writes to hard drive when monitoring files in real time, so turning it off can reduce load on hard drive. The way to disable it is also very simple, just find Windows Defender service, disable it and set it to disable startup.

4. Disable SuperFetch

SuperFetch has been available since Vista. Its main function is as follows: when system is not busy, SuperFetch process allocates more memory to most frequently used process as a cache to improve performance. When system is busy, memory reserved for cache decreases accordingly. And SuperFetch is main reason for high memory usage in Windows 7. However, disabling it can make some programs feel a bit stagnant, but it can really reduce hard drive spin-up to achieve goal of resting and cooling. It also depends on personal preference.

5. Close or uninstall Windows Search

Use Windows Search 4.0 to quickly search your computer. Windows Search 4.0 helps you find and view documents, email, music files, photos, and more on your computer. Some programs and features included with Windows 7 are enabled by default, including Windows Search. If you don't use Windows Search, you can turn it off. Disabling Windows Search will remove it from Windows, but will not reduce amount of hard drive space that Windows takes up.aet. Windows Search will still be stored on your hard drive, so you can turn it back on if you want.

6. Disable scheduled defragmentation

Honestly, I believe that you have not used this disk defragmentation feature for a long time, and we do not need disk cleanup plan task, this task will defragment our hard disk when it is fixed, and sometimes add a large load on hard disk . Closing Method: Click "Properties" on drive letter, search for "Disk Defragmenter" and remove Scheduled Disk Defrag hook.