How to turn off the SSD hard disk Indexing Service under Windows 8 systems

Failure phenomenon:

The Windows 8 Index is a low-level service in Windows that specializes in providing fast searching for files, documents, and e-mail. In addition to creating a set of indexed data on the hard disk for the first run, Indexing Service starts every time a file changes or a new file is added, which is why many friends are complaining that their computer often finds the main reason for the hard drive (and there are other other things that can drive the hard drives).

Reason Analysis:

SSD solid-state drives the benefits of shutting down Windows 8 indexes are obvious: SSD solid-state drives are fast but have a much lower lifespan, and are generally written only 6000~10000 times (mechanical hard drives are about 100,000 hours of continuous work). So if you don't usually have a lot of searches, you can simply turn off the index to let the system temporarily search. This can greatly prolong the life of solid-state drives. With the high random read performance of SSD hard disk, the temporary search is not much slower than index, but it is good for the life maintenance of SSD.

Solution:

1. Open the Control Panel and select System and security, as shown below:

2. Select "Administrative Tools" in the pop-up window, as shown in the following figure:

3. Select "Services" in the admin tools window, as shown below:

4. In the service window, select Windows Search service to deactivate it and set it to disabled, as shown in the following figure:

Note:

With the above setup, we deactivate the Indexing Service for the Windows 8 system using SSD solid-state drives, which can greatly prolong the use time of SSD solid-state drives.

The Indexing Service can also be turned off for friends who use non-SSD solid-state drives so that the hard drive LEDs do not flash for no reason.