ReFS isn't exactly new in the grand scheme of things, but it hasn't been widely used in Windows so far. However, a recent discovery showed the option to format a drive using the ReFS file system ...

However, you can always backup your data to another drive, format the ReFS storage using another file system (e.g., exFAT, FAT32, NTFS), and then restore the data. ReFS was built on the foundation ...

We’ve heard about Microsoft’s Windows 8 Resilient File System (ReFS) before, but Microsoft revealed the specifics of its next-generation file system in full today.

ReFS or Resilient File System is designed to both improve reliability and as a chance to drop obsolete feature For the first time since 1993 Microsoft is posed to offer a new file system architecture.

Enable ReFS File System on Windows 11/10. Now that you know that ReFS came into existence to cope up with the limitations of the NTFS File System, let’s take a look at how you can enable it on ...

Microsoft has released the first firm details of ReFS, the new file system that will début with the launch of Windows 8 as a successor to the ageing New Technology File System (NTFS) standard.

Microsoft detailed its long awaited and arguably well overdue NTFS replacement yesterday, the Resilient File System (ReFS), on the Building Windows 8 blog. It marks the first time the Redmond ...

Developed as the eventual successor to the long-standing NTFS (New Technology File System), first introduced with Windows NT 3.1 in July 1993, Microsoft's new Resilient File System (ReFS for short ...

Microsoft quietly announced late last week that some editions of Windows 10 will lose file and disk creation capabilities using the Resilient File System (ReFS).