Talk:Installable File System

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I strongly disagree with this sentence: "The IFS interface changes in every Windows version, making it almost impossible to use an IFS designed for one Windows version to work in another." The interface was backwards compatible from Windows NT 4 (at least) up to Windows XP. In Windows Server 2003 there was change (http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:DhqBIa-huxsJ:https://www.osronline.com/article.cfm%3Farticle%3D283&hl=en) that could have broken several drivers, but the interface still remains largely the same . - Filip Navara

Well I wrote that sentence more on practical experience.

I tested a NT 3.1 IFS in NT 4 and worked (only the IFS, not the tools -chkdsk, format-, that failed).

Tried the same on 2000 and not worked at all.

However I didn't tried a NT 4 one on 2k or a 2k one on XP.

Also I remember that a Microsoft guy said me that the IFSs weren't backwards compatible, when I got IFSKits for 2000 and XP, but I lost that e-mail.

—Claunia 23:45, 20 December 2005 (UTC)