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• Windows file systems

  Posted on December 2, 2024 at 02:45 CST by Ed Tittel • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 21.49 • 2024-12-02

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Ed Tittel

  When Windows first made its debut in November 1985 — coming up on 40 years ago — it included support for a single file system named FAT.

  That’s short for File Allocation Table, a simple-minded table of on-disk (or diskette, at the time) locations where files reside, along with information about their names and attributes.

  Today, Windows supports multiple versions of FAT. Windows 10 and 11 also support two other built-in file systems.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.49.0, 2024-12-02).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Windows 11 exFAT, FAT, FAT32, HFS, HPFS, Newsletters, NTFS, ReFS

• A bumpy road for January

  Posted on January 17, 2022 at 02:42 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  I’m always conservative, but this month you must delay applying updates to avoid side effects. Business patchers — you face tough choices.

  We are seeing reports of various issues with this month’s updates, some of which are so extreme that patching administrators in businesses have had to remove or roll back updates. Even for consumer and home users, I suggest holding off; it’s way too soon for me to feel comfortable recommending updates.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 19.03.0 (2022-01-17).

  Patch Watch Hyper-V, MS-DEFCON 1, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, Patch Watch, ReFS, VPN

• Resilient File System (ReFS) “Create” ability being pulled from Win10 Pro

  Posted on August 20, 2017 at 17:30 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  @abbodi86 just noted a change in the list of features deprecated (removed) from Win10 Fall Creators Update, version 1709, expected this October or so.

  That document now says:

  Resilient File System (ReFS)

  Creation ability will be available in the following editions only: Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Pro for Workstations.

  Creation ability will be removed from all other editions.  All other editions will have Read and Write ability.

  (added: August 17, 2017)

  Microsoft’s Resilient File System (ReFS) was introduced in Server 2012, and has been built into all versions of Windows 10. Few individuals bother with it, but PCs that handle massive amounts of data can benefit from ReFS’s improved data handling, the ability to create truly huge logical drives, regardless of physical drive space limitations, built-in redundancy, and removal of many of the limitations imposed by the current file system, NTFS.

  Mauro Huculak at Windows Central has a good overview of how to use ReFS on any Windows 10 machine.

  Apparently, in the future, all Win10 machines will be able to use ReFS volumes – but only Enterprise and Win10 Pro for Workstations users will be able to create them.

  Think of it as another way to convince Win10 Pro users to spend the extra bucks for Win for Workstations. I expect we’ll see more differentiating features before details on Win for Workstations roll out. Price, for example.

  Windows News ReFS, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations