Enable or Disable NTFS Last Access Time Stamp Updates in Windows 10  

TheOwner said:

That output is only for that command, not for status of timestamp.

Thanks for the explanation, that confused me too.
Funny that it is displayed differently on brink system.

Brink said:

The “Last Access” updates are enabled for NTFS volumes when the size of the system volume (which is usually mounted as the “C:” drive) is 128 GB or less. If the system volume is larger, then the “Last Access” updates are disabled.

Can anybody confirm this?
Does this then apply to all other partitions (also possible larger ones) or does it only refer to the C: drive and all others are independent (activated by default?)?

Thanks and greetings,
Martin

mfessler said:

Thanks for the explanation, that confused me too.
Funny that it is displayed differently on brink system.


Can anybody confirm this?
Does this then apply to all other partitions (also possible larger ones) or does it only refer to the C: drive and all others are independent (activated by default?)?

Thanks and greetings,
Martin

I am not sure, the problem is the query command cannot be used with a drive letter, its a global query which would indicate its a global setting, but as you said the system managed is supposed to enable or disable based on the size of the partition.

I have understood the meaning of the descriptions now though, I think Microsoft worded it badly.

So right now I have it set to 1 manually.

As per the syntax help for the set command the 1 value forces timestamps to not be updated on access.

The query command reports this.

DisableLastAccess = 1 (User Managed, Enabled)

The enabled refers to the DisableLastAccess flag, not that timestamps are enabled.

The only way to really confirm if its a per partition setting, is to set system managed (I think 2 or 3 doesnt matter on boot up it will decide what it wants to do), and then open a file on each drive, check the access timestamp after to see if its updated.