ntfs

[Black]

Hi i'm black.Sorry if my english is not good.I just wanna to know,what is the advantage the ntfs file system instead of fat?

[Erik]

It supports larger drives, and gives more security options such as encrytption and file permissions.

[amysiko]

nothing much to write... it is new file system tecnology.. not too new but it work great than the old one (FAT file system). but i have heard that the NTFS file system not too suitable for doing patitioning....why?? and is it true...??

[jlreich]

NTFS also supports larger file sizes. FAT only supports up to a 4GB file. NTFS has no limitation on file size. Which is important if you do any kind of video editing as those files can get much larger than 4GB.

Here is a comparison chart for NTFS vs. FAT.

http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm

NTFS is good for partitioning. I have multiple NTFS partitions on most of my computers. With a FAT thrown in here and there.

[123456]

All three of my partitions are NTFS> FAT is outdated IMO now, but Linux still uses them.

[jlreich]

FAT has it's uses still. Like 123456 said Linux easily reads and writes to it. Older OS's like DOS, win98, ME can't access NTFS, only FAT. It also performs better than NTFS on small drives.

But NTFS is the file system of choice usually. I usually have a small FAT partition for exchanging files with Linux.

[Paul Komski]

Use FAT16 if you want the easiest access to the partition from the widest range of multibooting scenarios - otherwise use NTFS.