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| From | Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS? |
| Date | 2025-03-27 20:25 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vs4q9s$1f4r1$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vs4iug$186dc$1@dont-email.me> <m4m1kuFg1o5U2@mid.individual.net> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On Thu, 3/27/2025 6:26 PM, vallor wrote: > 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. > It's got a lotta versions, but I bet not much has changed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReFS 3.14: Default version formatted by Windows 11 (build 26047 and newer).[23] And yeah, I just bought a 35 petabyte hard drive yesterday. What a coincidence :-) Paul
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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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