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NTFS (New Technology File System ) prevents changes from unauthorized users and prevents them from reading data from a computer.

NTFS (New Technology File System) automatically encryptsfiles.

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6 Why is an NTFS partition more secure than FAT32?

NTFS prevents changes from unauthorized users and prevents them from reading data from a computer. Where as FAT32 does not


Why is an NTFS partition more secure than a FAT32?

The NTFS file system proves to be secure than FAT32 since it can alert users about security issues on identifying them. At the same time, it provides encryption options and other permission settings.


Why do routers with usb access use fat32 and not ntfs?

FAT32 can be used by more operating systems then NTFS. In order to use NTFS the computer must be formatted with the NTFS file system. NTFS systems are able to read both NTFS and FAT32. FAT32 systems cannot read NTFS.


Which system supports the most storage capacity the FAT32 and NTFS?

NTFS provides greater security and supports more storage capacity than the FAT32


Why does Windows 98 use FAT32 while Windows XP uses NTFS?

NTFS is a journaling file system, designed primarily for scalability and security. FAT32 is used in Windows 98 because Windows 98 requires MS-DOS to boot, and it would have been very difficult to port MS-DOS to boot off of an NTFS partition. Also, FAT32 has better performance on older computers and smaller hard drives. By the time Windows XP came out, computers were more powerful, and NTFS would actually perform better than FAT32 on the hard drives that were available by this time.


What is the disadvantages of ntfs?

1. NTFS file system needs minimum space overhead of 400 MB . So , it cannot be put in small storage devices like a floppy disk ( 1.44 MB ). Whereas Linux native file system EXT2 can be put in a floppy disk . All permission attributes also can be used for files in such a system.


What attributes are available in the NTFS file system that are not available in FAT and FAT32?

NTFS has many more attributes available, over 32,000 possible.


How do you convert an NTFS drive to FAT or FAT32 in Windows Server 2008?

Windows doesn't provide any tools for converting an NTFS volume to FAT or FAT32. You will have to copy the files on the volume to another location and then format the drive. Note that FAT32 is a much more limited file system than NTFS, and there is probably no advantage to doing so on a server.


Which file system allows more fragmentation FAT32 or NTFS?

NTFS allows more Fragmentation Than the FAT32 NTFS is capable to find the fragment quite fast, since the whole information is kept in several compact records. If a file is fragmented quite strongly, then, the HDD head has to implement many movements. It slows the process down.


An optional file system for windows NT 2000 and xp OS its is more advanced file system compared to FAT32?

NTFS is the file system that windows XP uses; I know that much. NTFS can handle bigger files than FAT32. FAT32 can handle 2GB files maximum. (So I'm told)


What is different between FAT?

NTFS :- If you would be created partition through NTFS that will be show more security options and encryption. FAT :- If you would be created FAT through partition that will not show more options, which you need to secure your data.


With Windows XP if you want to add a second hard drive just for data what type of partition should it be?

NTFS is almost always the best choice, especially for partitions over 32 GB. FAT32 is far slower on large volumes and more prone to fragmentation.