Enable or Disable ReFS File System in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10  

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  1. Posts : 33
    Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
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    Brink said:
    Hello DrEmpiricism, :)

    The MiniNT key is only to allow being able to format with ReFS, otherwise Windows 10 natively supports ReFS drives.
    It supports ReFS in its OOBE only on mirrored devices and virtual machines. It has the ReFS files on the system but 99% of the registry entries are omitted. Even using the MiniNT registry entry is sporadic for people formatting actual drives with ReFS and very inconsistant.

    Also in its OOBE, Windows 10 does not even recognize a ReFS formatted drive because, again, the registry entries are omitted. It's not difficulty to add ReFS as a recognizable filesystem permanently within Windows 10 and its registry settings.
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    Win11 Pro, Win10 Pro N, Win10 Home, Windows 8.1 Pro, Ubuntu
       #51
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  3. Posts : 15,441
    Windows10
       #52

    So does this mean Refs is never going to really take over from NTFS?

    Given Macriun Reflect Free only does Rapid Delta Restore on NTFS, I cannot see why I would ever move to Refs.
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  4. Posts : 27,162
    Win11 Pro, Win10 Pro N, Win10 Home, Windows 8.1 Pro, Ubuntu
       #53

    cereberus said:
    So does this mean Refs is never going to really take over from NTFS?

    Given Macriun Reflect Free only does Rapid Delta Restore on NTFS, I cannot see why I would ever move to Refs.
    For most consumers, it isn't even needed or feasible, in my opinion.
    Plus you can't even boot Windows from it, and Store apps cannot be installed on it.
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  5. Posts : 28
    windows 10
       #54

    On the current 1903 18362.295 build reg file breaks boot completely, windows boots, but shows only modern boot menu instead of deskop, you'll need backup/restore or advanced skills to revert the changes made in registry.
    Avoid using those reg files or reg edits at all.
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  6. Posts : 3
    Windows 10
       #55

    I registered to warn you to stay away.:

    Enabling this setting will accidentally trigger your Powershell environment to believe it is Windows PE instead of full fledged Windows 10. This is the parameter Microsoft has chosen to pivot against to determine if the machine is Windows PE or not.

    Your poppup window that normally asks for your credentials when you want to authenticate will show up in a command prompt window. If you're running Windows Admin Center, it will stop launching, and then attempts to re-install it will give errors like "not compatible with Windows PE environment" because it thinks it's Windows PE.

    Stay. The hell. Away from these changes.
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  7. Posts : 13,895
    Win10 Version 22H2 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home
       #56

    Does this apply to all current Versions and their Builds since the Version 1903 about which was last posted a year ago August?
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  8. Posts : 3
    Windows 10
       #57

    Berton said:
    Does this apply to all current Versions and their Builds since the Version 1903 about which was last posted a year ago August?
    I'm on version 20H2, so I'm going to assume so. It's possible it affects builds before that as well -- I just don't know when Microsoft decided the PE environment would be determined off of this registry variable.
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  9. Posts : 68,652
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #58

    jackharvest said:
    I registered to warn you to stay away.:

    Enabling this setting will accidentally trigger your Powershell environment to believe it is Windows PE instead of full fledged Windows 10. This is the parameter Microsoft has chosen to pivot against to determine if the machine is Windows PE or not.

    Your poppup window that normally asks for your credentials when you want to authenticate will show up in a command prompt window. If you're running Windows Admin Center, it will stop launching, and then attempts to re-install it will give errors like "not compatible with Windows PE environment" because it thinks it's Windows PE.

    Stay. The hell. Away from these changes.
    Hello Jack, and welcome to Ten Forums.

    Odd. I've had the ability to format with ReFS enabled and a data HDD formatted with ReFS since way before the date this tutorial was originally posted, and I've never had any such issues on my desktop PC.

    I don't have or use Windows Admin Center though.
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  10. Posts : 3
    Windows 10
       #59

    Brink said:
    Hello Jack, and welcome to Ten Forums.

    Odd. I've had the ability to format with ReFS enabled and a data HDD formatted with ReFS since way before the date this tutorial was originally posted, and I've never had any such issues on my desktop PC.

    I don't have or use Windows Admin Center though.
    I should note, I'm on Windows 10 Pro 20H2, joined to a Domain. Maybe that has something to do with the outcome.
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