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Criteria NTFS5 NTFS FAT32 FAT16 FAT12
4
DOS v7
and
higher
Windo
Windo
ws NT
ws 98
Windo
Windo
ws
ws ME
2000 DOS DOS
Windows CE Windo
Windows 2000 Windo All All
6.0 ws
Windows XP ws XP version version
Windows 2000
Operating Windows 2003 Windo s of s of
Vista SP1 Windo
System Server ws Microso Microso
Windows 7 ws XP
Windows Vista 2003 ft ft
WinXP+KB95 Windo
Windows 7 Server Windo Window
5704 ws
Windo ws s
2003
ws
Server
Vista
Windo
Windo
ws
ws 7
Vista
Windo
ws 7
Limitations
32GB
2GB for
for all
Max all OS.
OS.
Volume 2TB 2TB 64ZB 4GB for 16MB
2TB for
Size some
some
OS
OS
Nearly
Max Files Nearly 419430
Nearly Unlimited Unlimit 65536
on Volume Unlimited 4
ed
2GB 16MB
Limit
(Limit (Limit
Only by 4GB
Max File Limit Only by Only Only
16ZB minus
Size Volume Size by by
Volume 2 Bytes
Volume Volume
Size
Size) Size)
Max Nearly
417791
Clusters Nearly Unlimited Unlimit 4294967295 65520 4080
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Number ed
Standa
Max File rd - 8.3
Up to Up to Up to
Name Up to 255 Up to 255 Extend
255 255 254
Length ed - up
to 255
Unicod
Unicode System System System
Unicode Unicode e
Character Charac Charac Charac
File Names Character Set Charac
Set ter Set ter Set ter Set
ter Set
First
First Sectors 0 to Sector
Boot Sector First and Last and 11 and First First
Location Sectors Last Copy in 12 to Copy in Sector Sector
Sectors 23 Sector
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Standa
File Standard and Standa Standa Standar
rd and Standard Set
Attributes Custom rd Set rd Set d Set
Custom
Alternate
Yes Yes No No No No
Streams
Compressio
Yes Yes No No No No
n
Encryption Yes No No No No No
Object
Permission Yes Yes Yes No No No
s
Reparse
Yes No No No No No
Points
Volume
Mount Yes No No No No No
Points
Overall Performance
Yes
Built-In
Yes Yes minimal ACL No No No
Security
only
Yes
Recoverabil
Yes Yes if TFAT No No No
ity
activated
Highest
Low on High on
on
small small
Low on small small
Performanc volume volume
volumes High volume High
e s s
High on Large s
High on Low on
Low on
Large large
large
Minimal
on
Disk Space Averag
Max Max Max large Max
Economy e
volume
s
Yes
Fault Averag Averag
Max Max if TFAT Minimal
Tolerance e e
activated
RE: Difference between NTFS and FAT32
NTFS
1)allows access local to w2k w2k3 XP win NT4 with SP4 & later may get access for
somefile.
FAT 32
FAT32 File Allocation Table 32 bit programming syntaxNTFS Network Table File System FAT32
is for windows 98 and belowNTFS is for XP and linux .
FAT support 8.3 character file name but in NTFS it support 255 characters long file
name.
If we parition a smaller size the FAT is advisable as against NTFS because of the large
cluster size
FAT (FAT16 and FAT32) and NTFS are two methods for storing data on a hard drive.
The hard drive has to either be formatted using one or the other or can be converted
from one to the other (usually FAT to NTFS) using a system tool
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