By default your NTFS drives creates an 8.

3 (8-character for the name and 3 for the extension) filename

each time a long filename is created.

This feature can be disable, to increase disk speed:

Click on Start, type cmd in the Search Bar> right click "Run as admininstrator".

Once the commnand prompt is opened type the command below:

fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1

Where 1 = disable

Restart your PC

To enable this feature back, use the following command:

fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 10

Where 0 = enable