what is difference between fat & ntfs

Answer Posted / harishankar

fat: fat stands for file allocation table. it has two
categoriges are
fat 16
fat 32
fat 16 allows us to make max. 2 gb partition.
fat 32 allows us to make max 16 gb partion.
ntfs: ntfs stands for new technology file system
it has allows to max 16 tb partion on our harddisk
fat type file system is unsecure but ntfs type file system
is secure.

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