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What does Microsoft's new ReFS file system mean for Windows?

For the past few decades, Windows has used the NTFS file system as the default for fixed drives on a PC, and that has stuck all the way through today. In recent years, though, Microsoft has been ...
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Microsoft's ReFS file system resurfaces in latest Windows 11 build

In context: Microsoft introduced the original version of ReFS in 2012 alongside the enterprise-focused Windows Server 2012. At the time, the company stated that the new file system was intended to ...
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It may be time to move on from NTFS as Microsoft is quietly enabling Windows 11 ReFS support0 0

Microsoft is beginning to add support for Resilient File System on Windows 11. Introduced back in 2011-12, the support for the next-gen file system has so far been limited to Windows Server only. Fast ...
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Windows 11's latest update doubles file copying speeds with support for ReFS format

What just happened? The Windows 11 2024 Update is here, bringing with it a significant boost to file transfer speeds thanks to a technology from the server realm – Resilient File System with its Block ...