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NTFS turns 30 years old today! I hear it's still in use by some crufty old legacy operating systems 😁 (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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As a full time desktop Linux user since 1999 (the actual year of the Linux desktop, I swear) I wish all you Windows folks the best of luck on the next clean install 👍

...and Happy 30th Birthday "New Technology" File System!

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[–] elscallr 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is weird to me that Microsoft hasn’t updated the file system in so long.

Honest question: why? NTFS isn't great, it isn't terrible, it's functional. I don't really spend any time thinking about my filesystem. I like having symbolic links on my Linux boxes, but aside from that I just want it to work, and NTFS does.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NTFS has symbolic links as well, I use them all the time

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink

[–] elscallr 1 points 1 year ago

I knew it supported hard links, where the fuck has this been?!

[–] willis936 5 points 1 year ago

Honest answer: it's fragile. There are many cases of media durability being an issue and there will be going into the future. Adding a layer of ecc in the fs goes a long way.