File Systems
...can access files on an NTFS partition. A computer that has windows NT 4.0 running can also access some of the files. Other operating systems don’t allow access. The FAT is also a file system that you can use when you install windows 2000 or windows XP. You can access it through MS-DOS, and all other versions of windows, windows NT, windows 2000, windows XP, and OS/2. The FAT file system volumes from floppy disk up to 4 gigabytes (GB) and does not support domains and is a maximum file size of 2 GB. It is also easy to convert partitions to NTFS. The setup of the program make conversation easy, whether your partition used FAT, or FAT32, or the older version of NTFS This keep you file intact if you don’t need to keep your file intact and you have FAT or FAT32 partition. You must format the partition with NTFS rather then converting from FAT or FAT32 Formatting the partition erases all of your data on the partition and it allows you to start with a clean drive. The FAT32 can also be used when you are installing windows 2000 or windows XP and can be access only through windows 95 OSR2, windows 98, windows millennium edition, windows 2000, and windows XP it is the next best file system for large disk. The FAT32 file system volumes from 512 MB to 2 TB. In windows XP, you can format a FAT32 up to 32 GB only. It does not support domain. And it’s maximum file size is 4 GB. There is one situation in which you might want to choose FAT or FAT32 as your file system. If you have a computer that it is necessary to sometimes run an earlier version of windows and other times run windows XP. You will need to have FAT or FAT32 partition as the primary or start up partition on the hard disk. Most of the earlier version of windows cannot ac...