NTFS 8.3 Name Creation

SSD Optimizing Guide - Standard Optimizations - NTFS 8.3 Name Creation

Overview:

The creation of 8.3 filenames and directories for all long filenames and directories on NTFS partitions may decrease directory enumeration performance. An 8.3-compliant file name refers to MS-DOS file-naming conventions. These conventions restrict file names to eight characters and restrict optional extensions to three characters.

Description:

Warnings:

This is required to be enabled if you need to run older 16bit applications/MSDOS.