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Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS?

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:20:00 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <vs4iug$186dc$1@dont-email.me>:

> Seems Microsoft is bringing back the option for ordinary Windows users
> to format volumes as ReFS
> <https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/new-advanced-filesystem-
format-option-found-in-windows-11-preview-build-refs-supports-up-to-35-
petabytes>.
> 
> This filesystem made its first appearance years ago, but then Microsoft
> began removing the option for using it from various non-“Enterprise”
> versions of Windows where it had been introduced.
> 
> NTFS is certainly showing its age. But it’s not clear that ReFS is
> really enough to take Windows forward. It seems a bit lacklustre
> compared to the options that have long been available on Linux, for
> example.

I reported on ReFS a month or two ago, when I tried it with my (then)
new Windows 11 Pro Workstation virtual host.

It wasn't resizable.  I wrote it off as a primitive toy, and reformated
the partition with NTFS.

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Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-27 22:20 +0000
  Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-03-27 18:26 -0400
  Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-03-27 22:26 +0000
    Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-27 20:25 -0400
      Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-03-28 20:00 +1100
        Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-03-28 06:14 -0700
      Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-28 21:23 +0000
        Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-29 00:29 -0400
          Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-29 06:43 +0000
            Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-29 03:18 -0400
              Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-29 22:17 +0000
        Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-03-29 00:29 -0500
          Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-29 06:43 +0000
            Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-29 03:21 -0400
              Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-29 22:13 +0000
  Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-03-28 10:40 +0000
    Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-28 09:31 -0400
    Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-03-29 00:57 +0000

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