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Announcing ReFS Boot for Windows Server Insiders

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Feb 26, 2026

Resilient, Scalable, High-Performance Boot Volumes

We’re excited to announce that Resilient File System (ReFS) boot support is now available for Windows Server Insiders in Insider Preview builds. For the first time, you can install and boot Windows S...
Updated Feb 26, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026

chcurlet-msft​ ReFS continues to have a concerning data corruption issue (https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/scdclm/testing_refs_data_integrity_streams_corrupt_data/). Can you comment on whether this will persist through to ReFS Boot GA?

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Mar 23, 2026

This issue was due to errors in the original script linked in the post. The script has since been corrected. Please check out my latest comments on the Reddit post for more details.