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Windows File system

Posted on 2005-09-21 16:23  柚子Nan  阅读(684)  评论(0)    收藏  举报

In windows, there are three types of File System: FAT, FAT32 and NTFS.

Each of them has his own characteristics.

 

        Chars

FS

 

OS Supported

Maximum File Name

Maximum Disk Partition

Security

Dual Boot

FAT

 

MS-DOS, Win95, Win98, WinNt,   Win2000 (professional/server/Advanced server), WinXP, Win2003, Or later

11

2G

N

Y

FAT32

Win95, Win98, WinNt,                 Win2000 (professional/server/Advanced server), WinXP, Win2003, Or later

128

32G

N

Y

NTFS

WinNt,   Win2000 (professional/server/Advanced server), WinXP, Win2003, Or later

256

Not limited

Y

N

 

FAT is a 16-bit file system.

FAT32 is a 32bit file system.

NTFS is new technology File system.

 

Disk partitions that have FAT or FAT32 configured can be converted to an NTFS disk partition. But the opposite road is not applicable.