In this article, we will break down what a FAT file system is, what an NTFS file system is and what the pros and cons are for each system. Microsoft created the File Allocation Table file system in and is the simplest file system supported by Windows NT. However, it does offer more compatibility with other operating systems and removable storage devices. The FAT is used to describe the allocation status of the clusters the basic units of logical storage on a hard drive in a file system, as well as the link relationship between each.
It acts as a Table of Contents for the operating system, indicating where directories and files are stored on the disk. The file allocation table is a critical part of the FAT file system. If the FAT is damaged or lost, the data on the hard disk becomes unreadable. Today I bought a new game for my PSP but found they had packed the wrong disk into the pack.
So, naturally I took the disk out, kept it and took the pack back and said they hadn't packed a disk in. I am evil. I want to be more evil. I want to be more evil now.
Hmm, good motto for PortaBlog We're all a bunch of evil bastards, I guess. Currently I have it formatted to FAT NTFS performs better for one thing. Plus, if the drive is ever pulled in the middle of a write or a power failure occurs , you won't hose your drive.
Thanks to the NTFS log, a file operation is either completed or it doesn't happen it all. FAT32 doesn't offer this protection. NTFS also offers transparent native compression.
If you want to compress a file, right-click it and hit Properties, then click on Advanced and turn compression on. You can still use the file as usual, even while it's compressed. Don't try using NTFS encryption on a flash drive though--the encryption key is tied to the local user account, so you'd only be able to open the file from the same computer and user account that it was encrypted on. Did you think of the NTFS permissions?
When the current user doesn't have write permissions, then your apps might fail to run correctly. I think I've got a problem with some of my p-apps right now, caused by this circumstance.
I use NTFS. I had to restore the complete content of my USB drive from an earlier backup. But for the restore copy process, I forgot using the option to copy the NTFS permissions together with the files. After that restore process I tried to run some p-apps on the USB drive in the usual way, using the initial machine and user. But errors occured. Firefox was not able to write to some files. I've never had a problem accessing my files on other PCs, mainly because files are typically created with Full Control by default.
And it should be noted that all my files were created on and so are owned by an administrator account. For me, I want to be able to use my flashdrive absolutely everywhere, so no weird permissions for me, that would really hack me off, if I went to the public library or something then found I couldn't even use the flashdrive.
Didn't I just get finished saying I didn't touch the permissions and that my files open just fine on a wide variety of computers? Maybe you ought to read more carefully from now on. However , there are default permissions and a default owner the user who created the file , which NTFS apply to any newly-created files. It's not an issue, though, because the default permissions include Full Control.
First time I formated or was it convert ed my flash drive to NTFS, I was runninng on an admin-level account, and I put all my uni assignments, portable apps, etc on it using this account.
I then went to uni later that day, and the uni machines are naturally running limited-user accounts. I was all to read all my files from the flash drive, was wasn't able to edit files on the flash drive, but I think I was able to write new files.
Windows had by default allowed everyone to view the file system, but not modify it! This is what the permissions look like when you do a fresh NTFS format on a drive logged into the system with admin account. Create a test file on the USB drive.
After that you logout and login into the system again with a restricted user account. Try to delete or modifiy the test file. You are not permitted to do this operation. Thanks for that, if I maanage to figure out how to format mine, I'll go into permissions and make everything read Full Control for everybody.
By default your Master File Table will not be large enough. It will grow as you fill the drive. It will fragment as you fill the drive. It will NOT shrink as you delete files from the drive. It will NOT Defragment as you delete files. Most people would not usually let this happen. On my Flash drive, however, I fill it up all the time.
It's the one computer at work that I use most commonly. It will open Thunderbird but tells me that the security settings are wrong and I can't open any of my email inboxes or RSS feeds. I think I may just go back to Fat32 for ease of use. I've read some comments saying that FAT32 gives more space. FAT actually gives me more space.
It could be because it's a flash drive instead of hard drive, or maybe because of the way SanDisk set it up. I cannot format to NTFS. Yes you can. You just have to go through a ridiculous number of steps just to turn on one option before you can format a drive as NTFS through My Computer. You can avoid all that trouble, though.
MS claims better performance. The older the device, the less likely it is to work with exFAT. Note that for game consoles, these file systems mainly apply for playing media and making backups.
If you want to use them for game storage, you'll typically need to format the drive using the console's formatting tool, which puts it in a proprietary format.
Some Linux distros don't support exFAT out of the box, but you can add support with a quick command. If you have files that are larger than this, FAT32 isn't a good choice. This isn't a major problem right now unless you have high-capacity drives, but will become more limiting as time goes on. In contrast, exFAT has no practical limitations on file sizes or partition sizes.
Its maximum file size is far beyond anything you would encounter in today's world. This makes exFAT the best choice for any portable drives that store large files and connects to different computers. It was slightly behind in the disk space analysis test, but not by much. It's pretty easy to determine which file system you should use for an external drive.
Ask yourself two questions:. Without using the file system, information placed in a storage medium would be one large body of data with no way to know where one piece of information stops and the next one begins.
FAT32 is one of the oldest of the three file systems available to Windows. The FAT32 contains four bytes per cluster inside the file allocation table. It is known as the most updated file system from Microsoft for Windows OS. This system is compatible with flash drives, thumb drives, or memory cards.
The full form of exFAT is an extended file allocation table. It has large limits on file and partition sizes. It optimizes exFAT for flash drives. NTFS is a modern-day file system that is used by default used by Windows.
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