How does Windows handle the prioritization of I O operations?

[ProfRon]

Windows figures out which disk jobs get done first by bumping up the ones you're actively messing with. I mean, if you're typing in a doc or playing a game, those get the fast lane. Background stuff like updates? They chill in the slow line. You notice it when your downloads don't hog everything. I once had a buddy complaining about laggy videos while scanning. Turns out Windows tags foreground tasks higher. It uses this clever scheduler to juggle reads and writes. No one starves, but the urgent bits zoom ahead. You can even tweak it a tad with tools if you're fiddling around. I tried that on my setup once. Made browsing feel zippy during big file copies.

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