diff --git a/cmd/disk-cache-check-support_other.go b/cmd/disk-cache-check-support_other.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f28b09cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/disk-cache-check-support_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+/*
+ * MinIO Cloud Storage, (C) 2019-2020 MinIO, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/djherbis/atime"
+)
+
+// Return error if Atime is disabled on the O/S
+func checkAtimeSupport(dir string) (err error) {
+	file, err := ioutil.TempFile(dir, "prefix")
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
+	defer file.Close()
+	finfo1, err := os.Stat(file.Name())
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	// add a sleep to ensure atime change is detected
+	time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	if _, err = io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, file); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	finfo2, err := os.Stat(file.Name())
+
+	if atime.Get(finfo2).Equal(atime.Get(finfo1)) {
+		return errors.New("Atime not supported")
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/cmd/disk-cache-check-support_windows.go b/cmd/disk-cache-check-support_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf8ac21c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/disk-cache-check-support_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// +build windows
+
+/*
+ * MinIO Cloud Storage, (C) 2019-2020 MinIO, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/djherbis/atime"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/windows/registry"
+)
+
+// Return error if Atime is disabled on the O/S
+func checkAtimeSupport(dir string) (err error) {
+	file, err := ioutil.TempFile(dir, "prefix")
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
+	defer file.Close()
+	finfo1, err := os.Stat(file.Name())
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	atime.Get(finfo1)
+
+	k, err := registry.OpenKey(registry.LOCAL_MACHINE, `SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem`, registry.QUERY_VALUE)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer k.Close()
+
+	setting, _, err := k.GetIntegerValue("NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate")
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	lowSetting := setting & 0xFFFF
+	if lowSetting != uint64(0x0000) && lowSetting != uint64(0x0002) {
+		return errors.New("Atime not supported")
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/cmd/disk-cache.go b/cmd/disk-cache.go
index 7c407ec83..742d357e9 100644
--- a/cmd/disk-cache.go
+++ b/cmd/disk-cache.go
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/djherbis/atime"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/config/cache"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
 	objectlock "github.com/minio/minio/pkg/bucket/object/lock"
@@ -538,31 +535,6 @@ func newCache(config cache.Config) ([]*diskCache, bool, error) {
 	return caches, migrating, nil
 }
 
-// Return error if Atime is disabled on the O/S
-func checkAtimeSupport(dir string) (err error) {
-	file, err := ioutil.TempFile(dir, "prefix")
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
-	finfo1, err := os.Stat(file.Name())
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	// add a sleep to ensure atime change is detected
-	time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
-
-	if _, err = io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, file); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	finfo2, err := os.Stat(file.Name())
-
-	if atime.Get(finfo2).Equal(atime.Get(finfo1)) {
-		return errors.New("Atime not supported")
-	}
-	return
-}
 func (c *cacheObjects) migrateCacheFromV1toV2(ctx context.Context) {
 	logStartupMessage(color.Blue("Cache migration initiated ...."))