Windows

Windows storage & file systems

Disks, file systems and storage features in Windows.

Terms

4 terms

  • Disk Management

    Disk Management is the built-in Windows console for initializing disks and creating, formatting, resizing and lettering partitions and volumes.

  • NTFS

    NTFS is the journaling file system of Windows that organizes disk storage with a master file table, permissions, compression and encryption.

  • ReFS

    ReFS, the Resilient File System, is a Windows file system built for data integrity, very large volumes and fast virtualization workloads.

  • Storage Spaces

    Storage Spaces is the Windows feature that pools physical drives and creates virtual disks with mirror or parity resiliency, replacing older software RAID.