When you install Windows 11/10 on a cleanly formatted disk, it first creates a partition on the disk at the beginning of the hard disk. This partition is called the System Reserved Partition.After ...

Go to File > Open to access File Explorer directly from the Windows installation screen. Select This PC and then select the EFI system partition. This EFI system partition should be of the same ...

When a 1-byte file can hog up to 32 KB of disk storage, it's no wonder they call it a FAT file system. In this Daily Drill Down, Brien Posey examines partitions and clusters, and he explains how ...

In Chapter 5 of his new book File System Forensic Analysis, Brian Carrier discusses PC-based partitions, how they work and also takes a look at their data structure.

The newest insider builds of Windows 11 are allowing users to create and clean install onto freshly formatted NTFS (Default) or ReFS partitions. Windows Insider sleuth PhantomOfEarth highlighted ...

The Resilient File System or ReFS, the successor to NTFS, will make its first appearance in Windows Server 8, after which Microsoft will introduce it for client storage and ultimately boot volumes ...

A ReFS partition can be formatted up to 35 petabytes and can even contain a single file as large as the entire volume. In contrast, NTFS volumes max out at 256 terabytes. The button for it is in a ...