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In Windows 10 Pro Storage Space, why can't I use ReFS with Parity?

NTFS is the only option when Parity is selected as the resiliency type. I thought ReFS was suppose to replace NTFS? I am trying to create a storage space to use for network file share.
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How to know bit-rot has occurred on ReFS?

I have read that ReFS has a built-in checksum mechanism. Automatic bit-rot repair seems to be done only when redundancy is used (Storage Space). If there is an ReFS volume without redundancy, I think the system at least can still detect bit-rot has…
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Is Windows 8 able to read partitions formatted with the ReFS filesystem?

Does Windows 8 read ReFS? Is there a patch available or plans to add support? My question is motivated by my desire to switch to ReFS due to the better benchmarks but I am hesitant as it may render recovery and migration difficult, as for example…
Mikhail
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Can I use the new ReFS file system on Windows 8?

Windows Server 2012 comes with the new File System ReFS, which is Microsoft's upgrade to NTFS. Is there any way to use this for my Windows 8 partition?
Caleb Jares
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How to turn ReFS "Enforced" file integrity off?

Short Version I have files on a ReFS volume where Integrity Stream integrity is Enforced is true. PS M:\> Get-Item Contoso.vhdx | Get-FileIntegrity FileName Enabled Enforced -------- ------- -------- M:\Contoso.vhdx False …
Ian Boyd
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ReFS Block Cloning - Use command line to copy a file and use block cloning

The Resilient File System (ReFS) introduced block cloning, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/refs/block-cloning. Let's assume I've a 128 GB ReFS partition and I've a 8 GB file. If I copy and paste (duplicate) that file in…
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Storage Spaces out of space

I'm using Windows 10 Enterprise. I have four identical 3TB disks set up in a Storage Space pool. Each disk shows up as providing 2.72 TB to the pool. I create a storage space with REFS and resiliency as Parity. Coming from a RAID-5 world, I set the…
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Windows 10 ReFS partition disappeared after updates

I have two hard drives configured as a simple layout storage space in Windows 10 Home. The entire virtual drive is formatted as a single large ReFS partition mounted on D. The other day I enabled Windows Insider updates and ever since I rebooted, I…
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How to use ReFS on Windows 10?

I want to try out Windows 10s new file system ReFS. I have the latest Windows 10 Pro installed and created 2 vhdx virtual drives, as listed below: But in the file system combo box for creating a storage, I can't find ReFS. Does anyone know how I…
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ReFS filesystem for boot volume

So according to the Microsoft Docs, ReFS can't be the bootable filesystem on the partition. does it mean that if I put the boot manager (Windows boot manger or Grub) on a small (<1GB) NTFS partition and then install Windows 10 on a ReFS partition…
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Is there a noticeable downside in turning on file integrity of ReFS?

Since the advantages of ReFS was that the system keeps checking file corruption, The key design advantages of ReFS include automatic integrity checking and data scrubbing, -- Wikipedia, ReFS I had been thinking the system should be doing that…
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How can I defragment a ReFS mirrrored Storage Space (Windows 10)?

Possibly related question: https://serverfault.com/questions/790563/refs-is-fragmentation-ok-is-defragmentation-needed Note that I am using Windows 10 Home, version 1607. The Storage Space has four disks with two-way mirroring which results in 2x…
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Format mirrored volume in ReFS in Windows 10

I am trying to make a mirrored volume of two drives with the same capacity in Windows 10. I would like to be able to format the drives as ReFS but it is not an option when I try to make a mirror. This is strange because if I try to format one of the…
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ReFS combination with storage spaces and TrueCrypt

I would like to store data encrypted and reliable (no bit rot, mirror). Already did some testing but I am not sure at some points. For all cases: I set up a windows storage space with 2 drives (mirror setup). And now ... case 1 format drive with…
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BitLocker stuck during partial partition encryption

I wanted BitLocker to encrypt an REFS partition on a VHDX (virtual HDD), and it is now stuck at ~70%, asking for chkdsk /r. I can't run chkdsk because REFS doesn't support (and doesn't need) that, but I also can't decrypt the partition because I…
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