The oft-misunderstood Windows Future Storage (WinF...

2005-09-02T09:14:00.000-05:00

The oft-misunderstood Windows Future Storage (WinFS), which will include technology from the "Yukon" release of SQL Server, is not a file system, Mark Myers told me. Instead, WinFS is a service that runs on top of--and requires--NTFS. "WinFS sits on top of NTFS," he said. "It sits on top of the file system. NTFS will be a requirement."

Interestingly, when WinFS is enabled, file letters are hidden from the end user, though they're still lurking there under the covers for compatibility with legacy applications. This reminds of when Microsoft added long file name (LFN) support in Windows 95, but kept using short (8.3) file names under the covers so 16-bit applications would still work. Expect this to be the first step toward the wholesale elimination of drive letters in a future Windows version.

WinFS is designed to deliver new file searching and navigational features to end users. One of the big problems with PCs today is that it often takes longer to find a document on your hard drive than it does to find information on the Web via Google. With WinFS, that will no longer be the case.

FYI WinFS is not a file system. It's a database bu...

2005-09-02T04:10:00.000-05:00

FYI WinFS is not a file system. It's a database built on top of NTFS. Searching your computer to the next level using conventional searching language.

Are you kidding? you are posting a few screenshots...

2005-08-30T08:33:00.000-05:00

Are you kidding? you are posting a few screenshots about nothing ...
WinFS, is YAFS (yet another file system) what new or revolutionary features it had??

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The oft-misunderstood Windows Future Storage (WinF...

FYI WinFS is not a file system. It's a database bu...

Are you kidding? you are posting a few screenshots...