Q: Can I read an ReFS volume from Windows 8?

If you tried to mount a Resilient File System on Windows 8, you'd see an error message.

John Savill

October 22, 2012

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A: A Resilient File System (ReFS) volume can't be mounted directly on Windows 8. If you tried, you'd see the error below displayed.

Resilient File System On Windows 8

If the ReFS volume is mounted on a Windows Server 2012 server and shared, then SMB clients would be able to access content on the file share that's hosted on ReFS, as the clients wouldn't be directly talking to ReFS.

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