Editing NTFS (section)

== Limitations ==

=== Resizing ===
Starting with [[Windows Vista]] Microsoft added the built-in ability to shrink or expand a partition. However, this ability does not relocate page file fragments or files that have been marked as unmovable, so shrinking a volume will often require relocating or disabling any [[pagefile#Windows NT|page file]], the index of [[Windows Search]], and any [[#Volume Shadow Copy|Shadow Copy]] used by [[System Restore]]. Various third-party tools are capable of resizing NTFS partitions.

=== OneDrive ===
Since 2017, Microsoft requires the [[OneDrive]] file structure to reside on an NTFS disk.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/unable-to-open-content-synced-in-a-onedrive-folder-on-an-external-drive-d38a7d5e-c099-4b72-8d84-3f62f2efc929 |title=Unable to open content synced in a OneDrive folder on an external drive |work=Microsoft Support |access-date=2021-04-03}}</ref> This is because OneDrive Files On-Demand feature uses NTFS reparse points to link files and folders that are stored in OneDrive to the local filesystem, making the file or folder unusable with any previous version of Windows, with any other NTFS file system driver, or any file system and backup utilities not updated to support it.<ref name=ntfs-3g>{{cite web |last1=André |first1=Jean-Pierre |title=NTFS-3G: Junction Points, Symbolic Links and Reparse Points |url=https://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/junctions.html |website=jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr |date=March 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828054508/https://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/junctions.html |archive-date=Aug 28, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>