NTFS, an acronym that stands for New Technology File System, is a file system first introduced by Microsoft in 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1. The Windows Server line of operating systems ...

You might have come across these computer terms including FAT32, NTFS and much more. So what exactly is that? To make it simple both FAT32 and NTFS are file systems created for keeping track of files ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. With so many emerging ...

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 ...

Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting from acronyms like FAT, FAT32, or NTFS? Or did you once try plugging in an external device, only ...

In this article, we will discuss the features of the Resilient File System and learn how to enable or disable ReFS in the Windows Server and Windows 11 operating systems. We will also attempt to ...

Microsoft has revealed that it will make the move from NTFS to ReFS (Resilient File System) for Windows 8, but only on the server version. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a ...

If all the chkdsking and self-healing built into Windows and NTFS can't repair the volume, it's beyond repair. The times when I've had to recover a volume which chkdsk failed on in the 17 years I've ...

I've been personally using NTFS compression on 12 external USB HD's since 2002 (Mix of 120/200/250GB HD's). (Actually only the ones that have compressible data have NTFS compression turned ...