What are the differences between FAT and NTFS ?

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FAT File system

·         It provides no security if the user logs in locally. The file and folder level security permission does not exist.

·         It supports only 8 characters long file name.

·         It is suitable for a partition disks that is less than 500 MB.

·         Partition and file size can be up to 4 GB.

·         It supports no file compression.

·         Disk can get fragmented thus slowing down the access.

·         It is not very reliable since it does not support bad cluster mapping.

NTFS File system

·         It provides security for both local and remote users. The security is provided to the level of files and folders.

·         It supports 255 characters long file name.

·         It is suitable for partition that is greater than 500 MB.

·         Partition size can be up to 16 Exabyte.

·         It supports file compression.

·         It provides lesser possibility of fragmentation.

·         It is highly reliable since it supports bad cluster mapping and transaction logging.

NTFS is the preferred file system for this version of Windows. It has many benefits over the earlier FAT32 file system, including:

The capability to recover from some disk-related errors automatically, which FAT32 cannot.

Improved support for larger hard disks.

Better security because you can use permissions and encryption to restrict access to specific files to approved users.

FAT32, and the lesser-used FAT, were used in earlier versions of Windows operating systems, including Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition. FAT32 does not have the security that NTFS provides, so if you have a FAT32 partition or volume on your computer, any user who has access to your computer can read any file on it. FAT32 also has size limitations. You cannot create a FAT32 partition greater than 32GB in this version of Windows, and you cannot store a file larger than 4GB on a FAT32 partition.