# Windows Storj node best practices Wiki

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-storj-node-best-practices-wiki/16335>\
**Category:** getting started\
**Tags:** windows, hardware, payouts\
**Created:** [December 2, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-storj-node-best-practices-wiki/16335 "2021-12-02T17:40:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-storj-node-best-practices-wiki/16335/6 "2022-01-05T12:21:48Z")

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> [@donald.m.motsinger](#):
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> disable indexing of the drive used for Storj?

On the 5 Windows machines I checked, drive indexing for data drives has been switched off by default 🙂

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