joby peter
Difference between NTFS and FAT32
By joby peter in Operating Systems on Jul 13 2006
  • johnpaulmathew
    Jul, 2011 19

    FAT32 systems generally have a 137 gig limit for ATA drives; there may be other limiting factors depending on your rig. Workarounds include multiple hdd's and firewire.

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  • C# Corner
    Oct, 2010 8

    NTFS also support NTFS Security that FAT does not support. On FAT we just had Read, Write, and Full Control but in NTFS it is extended. thanks

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  • sudhanshu
    Feb, 2009 12

    NTFS 1)allows access local to w2k,w2k3,XP,win NT4 with SP4 & later may get access for somefile. 2)Maximum size of partition is 2 Terabytes & more. 3)Maximum File size is upto 16TB. 4)File & folder Encryption is possible only in NTFS. FAT 32 1)Fat 32 Allows access to win 95,98,win millenium,win2k,xp on local partition. 2)Maximum size of partition is upto 2 TB. 3)Maximum File size is upto 4 GB. 4)File & folder Encryption is not possible.

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  • Brad Wood
    Dec, 2007 20

    I believe FAT32 doesn't allow for compression either.

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  • vinod auti
    Jul, 2007 28

    NTFS 1)allows access local to w2k,w2k3,XP,win NT4 with SP4 & later may get access for somefile. 2)Maximum size of partition is 2 Terabytes & more. 3)Maximum File size is upto 16TB. 4)File & folder Encryption is possible only in NTFS. FAT 32 1)Fat 32 Allows access to win 95,98,win millenium,win2k,xp on local partition. 2)Maximum size of partition is upto 2 TB. 3)Maximum File size is upto 4 GB. 4)File & folder Encryption is not possible.

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  • joby peter
    Jul, 2006 13

    NTFS

    1)allows access local to w2k,w2k3,XP,win NT4 with SP4 & later may get access for somefile.

    2)Maximum size of partition is 2 Terabytes & more.

    3)Maximum File size is upto 16TB.

    4)File & folder Encryption is possible only in NTFS.

    FAT 32

    1)Fat 32 Allows access to win 95,98,win millenium,win2k,xp on local partition.

    2)Maximum size of partition is upto 2 TB.

    3)Maximum File size is upto 4 GB.

    4)File & folder Encryption is not possible.

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