Does NTFS / Windows as OS performs checksumming on file movement operations by default?

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Does NTFS / Windows as OS performs checksumming on file movement operations by default?

alike ZFS or somehow else...

asked Nov 21 '13 at 12:08

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No NTFS doesn't calculate a checksum. Take a look at Does Windows calculate CRCs to check every file operation? and in the Wikipedia file comparsion table

In the How NTFS Works Technet article you will learn how NTFS works.

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answered Nov 21 '13 at 12:38

Marcel Janus

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