what is difference between fat & ntfs

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what is difference between fat & ntfs..

Answer / anandkumarjha

Fat stands for the file allocation table and used in almost all the systems owned by microsoft ....it is of two types.FAT 16 and FAT 32....with the help of the FAT we can store only small amount of data but with the help of the NTFS we can store large amount of the datas.NTFS also provides the security at the file lwvel by encription and compretion

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what is difference between fat & ntfs..

Answer / subodh

WE CONVERT FAT T0 NTFS BUT WE CANNOT CONVERT NTFS TO FAT

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what is difference between fat & ntfs..

Answer / sivakumar

FAT: Linked list data structure is used
NTFS: B+ Tree data structure is used

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what is difference between fat & ntfs..

Answer / jayanta more

" Fat stands for File Allocation Table
" There are two categories in Fat File System
o Fat 16
o Fat 32
" In Fat Up To Folder Level Security is available
" Compression Option is not available
" Encryption Option is not available
" Disk Quota Option is not Available
" FAT Supported By All Of The Microsoft Based Operating
System

NTFS

" NTFS stands for New Technology File System
" There are three categories in NTFS file System
o NTFS 4.0 - NT O/S
o NTFS 5.0 - 2000 O/S
o NTFS 6.0 - 2003O/S
" In NTFS Up-to File Level Security is available
" Compression Option is available
" Encryption Option is available
" Disk Quota Option is Available
" NTFS Supported By only Limited Microsoft Based Operating
System

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what is difference between fat & ntfs..

Answer / sahil kumar

fat is not in our syllabus

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what is difference between fat & ntfs..

Answer / rahul sharma

ntfs stand for new technology file system ...security and quota options are available in this file system...volume size can be of 16eb(exa byte)and file size depends on the size of volume......

fat32 stand for fat allocation table....do not have any option for security and quota....support upto 4tb(tera byte)volume size and file size can be 4 gb max...
fat32 can be converted into ntfs without losing any data using command:
convert [drive letter]:/fs:ntfs

ntfs can not be converted into fat32 without losing data.

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what is difference between fat & ntfs..

Answer / debasish kolkata, asansol, dur

Fat stands for File Allocation Table
" There are two categories in Fat File System
o Fat 16
o Fat 32
" In Fat Up To Folder Level Security is available
" Compression Option is not available
" Encryption Option is not available
" Disk Quota Option is not Available
" FAT Supported By All Of The Microsoft Based Operating
System

NTFS

" NTFS stands for New Technology File System
" There are three categories in NTFS file System
o NTFS 4.0 - NT O/S
o NTFS 5.0 - 2000 O/S
o NTFS 6.0 - 2003O/S
" In NTFS Up-to File Level Security is available
" Compression Option is available
" Encryption Option is available
" Disk Quota Option is Available
" NTFS Supported By only Limited Microsoft Based Operating
System

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what is difference between fat & ntfs..

Answer / prakash kumar

Fat stands for File Allocation Table
" There are two categories in Fat File System
o Fat 16
o Fat 32
" In Fat Up To Folder Level Security is available
" Compression Option is not available
" Encryption Option is not available
" Disk Quota Option is not Available
" FAT Supported By All Of The Microsoft Based Operating
System

NTFS

" NTFS stands for New Technology File System
" There are three categories in NTFS file System
o NTFS 4.0 - NT O/S
o NTFS 5.0 - 2000 O/S
o NTFS 6.0 - 2003O/S
" In NTFS Up-to File Level Security is available
" Compression Option is available
" Encryption Option is available
" Disk Quota Option is Available
" NTFS Supported By only Limited Microsoft Based Operating
System

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what is difference between fat & ntfs..

Answer / prem

Fat is support only GB
and
Ntfc is support 16 GB partition

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what is difference between fat & ntfs..

Answer / faizan ansari

FAT is un secure
NTFS is secure

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