Lots of articles online indicates adding a AllowRefsFormatOverNonmirrorVolume DWORD key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MiniNT in reigstry.

This is wrong. The MiniNT section is to indicate the system is a WinRE or WinPE system, thus certain USBccid devices’ driver won’t load. Including SmartCard reader, Windows Hello (mostly implemented as an internal USB camera).

很多教程提到在注册表里添加HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MiniNT项,并添加名为AllowRefsFormatOverNonmirrorVolume的DWORD值。

其实这是错误的利用了WinRE启用了ReFS作为系统盘的功能。在正常的系统中出现MiniNT项会导致系统认为这是WinRE系统,从而不加载基于USB的驱动,包括智能卡读卡器和Windows Hello 驱动(很多 Windows Hello 摄像头是通过USB连接的)。