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 ...

A file system that’s resilient from data corruption and responsive ReFS stands for “Resilient File System.” It has been used for secondary drives, starting with Windows 8.

At last, Microsoft appears to be taking action with its Resilient File System (ReFS) technology. Despite being 14 years old, the storage format remains largely unfamiliar to most Windows users.

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.

Windows 8 will run on a newly engineered file system that Microsoft said will work with a new generation of storage technologies and offer "extreme" scalability. Microsoft disclosed plans for the ...