Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS?

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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