Difference between NTFS and FAT32?

NTFS

1)allows access local to w2k,w2k3,XP,win NT4 with SP4 & later may get access for somefile.

2)Maximum size of partition is 2 Terabytes & more.

3)Maximum File size is upto 16TB.

4)File & folder Encryption is possible only in NTFS.

FAT 32

1)Fat 32 Allows access to win 95,98,win millenium,win2k,xp on local partition.

2)Maximum size of partition is upto 2 TB.

3)Maximum File size is upto 4 GB.

4)File & folder Encryption is not possible.

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

can u plz tell me the abbreviation of NTFS

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

NTFS is a high-performance and self-healing file system proprietary to Windows XP 2000 NT, which supports file-level security, compression and auditing. It also supports large volumes and powerful storage solution such as RAID. 
The most important new feature of NTFS is the ability to encrypt files and folders to protect your sensitive data

new technology file system

Security---------------------------- File /Folder level security

    Support for Dynamic Disks------To Create mirror, raid

    Large volume support-------------16EB

    Disk compression--- --------------To save disk space.

    Disk Quota for users--------------We allocate space for user on file server

    Encryption--------------------------To Encrypt confidential data (even HDD stolen also no way read that)

NTFS means New Technology File System

The expantion of NTFS  is New Technology File System.

NTFS : New Technology File System

not Network Table File System

New Technology File System (NTFS) ,

File Allocation Table (FAT).

K.Shridhar

HCL

New Technology file systems

NTFS is improved version of FAT32 and all windows OS support this.......

FAT32 can store a file of size 2^31-1 i.e 2 GB only . But NTFS can store more then 2 GB File .

Hi,

Can anybody say what is RAID & what it does?

Vilasini

fat 32: (File Allocation Table)

NTFS: (Network Table File System)

Fat 32 wil support only win95,95,xp

Ntfs will support only xp,2k,2003 etc.

HAI,

  NTFS means newtechnology file system.

New File Technology System

what is the true abbreviation of NTFS? Is it New Technology File System? or Network Table File System?

NTFS-- New technology file system

network table file system

NTFS - New Technology File System

Redundant Array of Independant DisksRAID refers to a hard disk technology which can be used to speed up data transfer and/or provide disk redundancy through disk system fault tolerance.

RAID provides these features by utilising more than one hard disk at a time, there are several variations of a RAID configuration referred to as levels.

Each of these levels provide different performance and/or fault tolerance benefits.

RAID configurations are commonly found in data critical applications.

IBM

prakash.k

RAID means Redundant Array Of Independent Disk. This is a technique in which we can concatenate more than one disk together in a number of ways that can give us many types of storage options. We can also decide which type of storage feature is desired by choosing between the raid level. There are many Types of Raid levels

1)Linear Raid-Disksare appended linearly. If the space in the first disk get over than the data is written in the second disk

2)Raid 0(Striping)-In this type of raid the a file to be stored is broken down into chunks and each chunk is Placed over independent disk. This type of raids provides parallelism. i.e. Fast Read and write operations are performed. But the availabilty of each file is dependent on all the disk. If any one of the disk gets crashed or currupted than the entire data is Lost

 All Windows OS support both FAT32 and NTFS. But the main difference is NTFS provide security, FAT32 dosen't.
The main features of NTFS is
Encryption,Compression and Disquata
Also using NTFS we can provide access premission of the  file for a particular user.
eg: we can set Full control, Read,Write,Modified and Dained permission for a particular file.

RAID=Redundant array of inexpensive drive

If one of the hard disk fails, the other hard disk will take care of that and up the machine. RAID differs from 0-5.

Saravanan.B.Ayyappan
Precision Infomatics

Network Table File System

FAT=File Allocation Table
NTFS=New Technology File System

RAID is Redundentarray of independent or inexpensive disk, It is a set of standards to prevent data loss.

FAT32 (FILE allocation table)

It supports maximum 2TB.

Data compression is not possible.

Cant create DNS

Data recovery is difficult.



NTFS (New Technology File System)

It supports 16TB.

Data compression possible

Create DNS

Data recovery is easy comparing FAT32

You said that FAT32 does not provide the file level security that an NTFS drive would give to its files, to ensure their security. And our OS installations are mostly done in the drive which is a FAT32 type drive and it is quite known that these files of the OS are VERY important and that anything done to these files can result in something bad. So inspite of this limitation why do people generally install the OS in a FAT32 drive?

NTFS:-
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* NTFS means New Technology File System.
* This type of file system to storing data in encryption, compression and file level secuirty.
* So, very security.



FAT:-
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* FAT means File Allocation Table.
* This type of file system to storing data in original form.
* So, no security.


Important points:-
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* We can convert file system from FAT to NTFS.
* But, not convert file system from NTFS to FAT.



*** The above  differents are there. ***

This technology used by hard diskwhich store mirror image of your current hard disk who is running, because in server sevral task perfoms simultansly if your hard disk fails or crash then what about your data it losses. so for preventing of loss of data we use RAID external hard disk which have SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)and add with servers it will be 1,2,3,4,5 or RAID 6. means always it takes backup of your hard disk and when it crash or fail the raid hard disk support your system with full data who was your on deadhard diskand result is your system nevers go down

Criteria	NTFS5	NTFS	FAT32	FAT16	FAT12
Operting System	Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Server	Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Server	DOS v7 and higher Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP	DOS All versions of Microsoft Windows	DOS All versions of Microsoft Windows
Limitations
Max Volume Size	2TB	2TB	32GB for all OS. 2TB for some OS	2GB for all OS. 4GB for some OS	16MB
Max Files on Volume	Nearly Unlimited	Nearly Unlimited	4194304	65536
Max File Size	Limit Only by Volume Size	Limit Only by Volume Size	4GB minus 2 Bytes	2GB (Limit Only by Volume Size)	16MB (Limit Only by Volume Size)
Max Clusters Number	Nearly Unlimited	Nearly Unlimited	4177918	65520	4080
Max File Name Length	Up to 255	Up to 255	Up to 255	Standard - 8.3 Extended - up to 255	Up to 254
File System Features
Unicode File Names	Unicode Character Set	Unicode Character Set	System Character Set	System Character Set	System Character Set
System Records Mirror	MFT Mirror File	MFT Mirror File	Second Copy of  FAT	Second Copy of  FAT	Second Copy of  FAT
Boot Sector Location	First and Last Sectors	First and Last Sectors	First Sector and Copy in Sector #6	First Sector	First Sector
File Attributes	Standard and Custom	Standard and Custom	Standard Set	Standard Set	Standard Set
Alternate Streams	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Compression	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Encryption	Yes	No	No	No	No
Object Permissions	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Disk Quotas	Yes	No	No	No	No
Sparse Files	Yes	No	No	No	No
Reparse Points	Yes	No	No	No	No
Volume Mount Points	Yes	No	No	No	No
Overall Performance
Built-In Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Recoverability	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Performance	Low on small volumes High on Large	Low on small volumes  High on Large	High on small volumes Low on large	Highest on small volumes Low on large	High
Disk Space Economy	Max	Max	Average	Minimal on large volumes	Max
Fault Tolerance	Max	Max	Minimal	Average	Average

You cannot apply file level permissions on FAT file system. Only NTFS allows file permissions. Remember that the NTFS file permissions are always in effect to all users and processes.

Udhav Jadhav

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

NTFS means New Technology File System which is used for Win NT and upper.

ntfs is the new technology file system.
file compressing
data recovery
so latest os recommented.

NTFS: we are able to grant permissions to files and folder.
FAT: we are not able to do so.

FAT32 is the 32 bit version of FAT. It support smaller cluster size and larger volumes [upto 2 TB] than FAT.
NTFS is an advanced file system that provides performance, security and reliabilty.
These features are not found in any versions of FAT. In NTFS 5.0 one single partition can support 32 EB [1024 TB=1EB]

It is New Technology File System 

the difference between the NTFS and FAT  is FAT(file allocation table )is used mainly in windows 95 and xp,but now a days the new version of windows consists of NTFS(NEWTECHNOLOGY FILE SYSTEM).NTFS supports all type of os.with the help of of the NTFS we can store large amount of data in the hard drive but this is not  the case with FAT.with the help of NTFS we can encript our sensible datas

1. NTFS is not usb bootable / FAT32`usb bootable

1. NTFS Update file system / FAT32 Old file system.
Ans by prodip.

NTFS stands for new technology file system or network technology file system. In NTSF partition size can be of 2 TB or more. and file size can be 16 TB. file/folder encryption is done. and it supports file name character upto 255.

FAT32 stands for File allocation table. in FAT32 partition size can be Upto 2 TB. and file size can be 4 GB. file/folder encryption is not possible in FAT32. and it supports file name character upto 8.3.

NTFS stands for new technology file system or network technology file system. In NTSF partition size can be of 2 TB or more. and file size can be 16 TB. file/folder encryption is done. and it supports file name character upto 255.



FAT32 stands for File allocation table. in FAT32 partition size can be Upto 2 TB. and file size can be 4 GB. file/folder encryption is not possible in FAT32. and it supports file name character upto 8.3.

the abbreviation of NTFS
NEW TECHNOLOGY FILE SYSTEM

New Technology file system

NTFS
* There is security button.
* Permission are two types General and Special.

FAT
* No Security button to secure files and folder (File Folder Permission)

New Technology File System

ntfs file size 16 gb

NTFS

1)allows access local to w2k,w2k3,XP,win NT4 with SP4 & later may get access for some file.

2)Maximum size of partition is 2 Terabytes & more.

3)Maximum File size is upto 16TB.

4)File & folder Encryption is possible only in NTFS.

FAT 32

1)Fat 32 Allows access to win 95,98,win millennium,win2k,xp on local partition.

2)Maximum size of partition is upto 2 TB.

3)Maximum File size is upto 4 GB.

4)File & folder Encryption is not possible.

FAT
Fat 16 upto 2GB accepted
Fat 32 upto 40GB accepted
Encription and Decription does not supported in fat
Drive level and folder level permission only

NTFS
NTFS upto supported in TB
Encription and Decription support in NTFS
Drive level, File level and folder level and

RAID stands for REDUNDANT ARRAY of INDEPENDENT DRIVES. Under the raid system a group of hard drives are addressed as one storage unit. The data is redundantly (backup copies) stored in such a way that it is possible to recover all of the data even with the total failure of as many as two of the drives in the RAID. RAIDs are used where extremely large amounts of storage capacity and high reliability is required. Today most pre-recorded television programs are recorded and played back from RAID file servers.

fat32:- is limit for file name it contain 8 character
ntfs:-over limit for fat32 ntfs contain a 8.3(expresion) long file name

NTFS

1)allows access local to w2k,w2k3,XP,win NT4 with SP4 & later may get access for somefile.

2)Maximum size of partition is 2 Terabytes & more.

3)Maximum File size is upto 16TB.

4)File & folder Encryption is possible only in NTFS.

FAT 32

1)Fat 32 Allows access to win 95,98,win millenium,win2k,xp on local partition.

2)Maximum size of partition is upto 2 TB.

3)Maximum File size is upto 4 GB.

4)File & folder Encryption is not possible.

New Technology File System

NTFS
1)allows access local to w2k,w2k3,XP,win NT4 with SP4 & later may get access for somefile.
2)Maximum size of partition is 2 Terabytes & more.
3)Maximum File size is upto 16TB.
4)File & folder Encryption is possible only in NTFS.
FAT 32
1)Fat 32 Allows access to win 95,98,win millennium,win2k,xp on local partition.
2)Maximum size of partition is upto 2 TB.
3)Maximum File size is upto 4 GB.
4)File & folder Encryption is not possible.

New Tecnology File System

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a type of storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into one logical unit.
There are different levels in RAID storage basic levels are RAID0,RAID1,RAID2,RAID3,RAID4,RAID5,RAID6.

NTFS : New Technology File System

FAT 32 Less security

NIFS More security

NTFS= New Technology File System. or Network Technology File System

New Technology File System