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title: "What semantics or features of NTFS are no longer supported on ReFS?"  
description: "What semantics or features of NTFS are no longer supported on ReFS?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2013-01-30  
updated: 2013-01-30  
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# What semantics or features of NTFS are no longer supported on ReFS?

Hi Mindstickins!

What [semantics](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304030/explain-the-phases-of-a-compiler-in-detail) or [features](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12993/5-advanced-features-for-your-odoo-ecommerce-theme) of NTFS are no longer supported on [ReFS](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/558/convert-data-between-ntfs-and-refs)?

Thanks!

## Replies

### Reply by AVADHESH PATEL

Hi Tanuj Kumar!

The NTFS features we have chosen to not support in ReFS are: named streams, object IDs, short names, compression, file level encryption (EFS), user data transactions, sparse, hard-links, extended attributes, and quotas.


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