Windows Search default indexing mode could write gigabytes to your SSD daily

Windows Search stores file contents in the Windows.db database and reindexes them on every change. For some users the file grows to 200 GB, versus hundreds of megabytes normally. Enhanced mode indexes the whole PC, not just documents, music and images.

• Windows.db stores file contents, not just file names
• For some users the file grows to 200 GB
• Enhanced mode indexes the whole PC instead of default folders
• Microsoft warns of issues at 400,000+ items