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addisoncave
09-08-2016, 07:28 AM
Hi Guys I want to know which one is best for the Linux. I want to install Linux (Ubunto 16.04.1) on my system so i'm very confuse to decide myfile system. please suggest me which would be best option for Linux operating system. I've NTFS File System in my Windows machine.

ORLOVA
09-08-2016, 07:41 AM
You should be able to use any of the 2 systems, but if your system is a UEFI based system, then it will only accept the FAT32 format.

acheter
09-09-2016, 11:52 AM
If you read the original Microsoft docs, FAT32 is actually a second level enhancement of FAT (the FAT on the disk points to a FAT32 table). Original NTFS was similar to contemporary Unix I-node or Linux that used Minix File System. Over the years NTFS has been enhanced to include journaling features etc (wikipedia); NT5 (Windows 2000) NTFS was not readable by NT4 unless NT 4 service pack 4 was installed. Limitations of access limited by disk technology has risen from 2GB to 8GB to 128GB to 2TB to 256TB. The 2TB file size limit has been lifted in NT6.2 (Win8/Server2012)(depending on the disk driver used; 4K sectors gives 8TB). Original Win95 could not read FAT32 and OSR2 and other Win9x were limited to 32GB partitions. FAT types are used by devices because their primitive CPUs and smaller storage make a better fit. UNIX and NTFS file systems have a different structure and are not as prone to corruption and slowdown like FAT tables which use a chained structure, including FAT32. Example is 64K directory limit in FAT32 that slows access to a crawl at 32K directories. FAT32 becomes very inefficient when the FAT FAT32 table becomes very large. Re operating systems: FAT/FAT32 does not support Access Control/Permissions/Security and file system attributes that NTFS and newer UNIX file systems do. Yes, you can install .Windows on FAT/FAT32, but features like Active Directory, IIS Management, SharePoint, etc will not work Most Linux distros support NTFS in user mode not kernel mode, Linux won't boot on a NTFS partition.

RH-Calvin
09-09-2016, 06:41 PM
NTFS (New Technology File System) is a proprietary file system developed by Microsoft. Starting with Windows NT 3.1, it is the default file system of Windows NT family.

pablohunt2812
09-27-2016, 03:00 PM
When you have a new hard drive, or when you're reinstalling Windows, the OS may ask you to format the drive. If given a choice, the two common modes are NTFS and FAT32. But what are those, and why would you choose one over the other? We break down the differences between FAT32 vs. NTFS..

What They Mean
FAT32 is the older of the two drive formats. FAT32 is the most common version of the FAT (File Allocation Table) file system created back in 1977 by Microsoft. It eventually found its way on the IBM PC's PC-DOS in 1981, and carried over to MS-DOS when that became a standalone product. FAT had been the standard format for floppy disks and hard drives all through the DOS years, and versions of Windows up to and including Windows 8.

NTFS (New Technology Files System) is the newer drive format. Microsoft introduced NTFS in 1993, as a component of the corporate-oriented Windows NT 3.1 and then Windows 2000, though it didn't become common on consumer PCs until Windows XP in 2001. Windows 7 and 8 default to NTFS format on new PCs.

Compatibility
FAT32 is read/write compatible with a majority of recent and recently obsolete operating systems, including DOS, most flavors of Windows (up to and including 8), Mac OS X, and many flavors of UNIX-descended operating systems, including Linux and FreeBSD.

NTFS, on the other hand, is fully read/write compatible with Windows from Windows NT 3.1 and Windows XP up to and including Windows 8. Mac OS X 10.3 and beyond have NFTS read capabilities, but writing to a NTFS volume requires a third party software utility like Paragon NTFS for Mac. There are other hacks and workarounds for NTFS on the Mac, but in any case NTFS is only semi-compatible with OS X. NTFS on Linux systems is spotty for both read and write operations. Look for NTFS-3G driver support on your Linux support page to see if it's built in.

File Size Matters
FAT32 file size support tops out at 4GB and volume size tops out at 2TB. This means that you're limited to 2TB FAT32 partitions if you want to use a 4TB drive. It also means that you are limited to 4GB files. This is a concern with uncompressed high-definition movie files, where 30GB files are not unheard of. Theoretically, NTFS is limited by design to 16EB (Exabytes). One Exabyte is the equivalent of one billion Gigabytes, so we're quite a ways away from maxing out NTFS. In practice, 2 to 4TB volumes are the limit at this time. Larger volumes will require a 64-bit OS and compatible hardware.

Which is Faster?
While file transfer speed and maximum throughput is limited by the slowest link (usually the hard drive interface to the PC like SATA or a network interface like 3G WWAN), NTFS formatted hard drives have tested faster on benchmark tests than FAT32 formatted drives. Other factors will be in play, however, including drive technology (HDD vs. SDD, Flash vs. non-Flash, etc.) and file fragmentation (on spinning drives).

While your OS usually makes the choice of hard drive format for you ahead of time, you can choose which format when you're re-formatting a drive, particularly an external drive. If you need the drive for a Windows-only environment, NTFS is the best choice. If you need to exchange files (even occasionally) with a non-Windows system like a Mac or Linux box, then FAT32 will give you less agita, as long as your file sizes are smaller than 4GB.

Dam Ponting
10-20-2017, 08:06 AM
FAT32 just backings singular documents up to 4GB in size and volumes up to 2TB in estimate. For instance, in the event that you had an extensive video record more than 4GB in measure, you just couldn't spare it on the FAT32 document framework. on the off chance that you had a 3TB drive, you couldn't arrange it as a solitary FAT32 parcel. NTFS has significantly higher hypothetical points of confinement.

lishmalinyjames
04-29-2021, 04:12 PM
FAT is the more simple file system of the two, but NTFS offers different enhancements and offers increased security. NTFS does allow for individual compression of files and folders so you don't slow down the system. Compatibility: NTFS is compatible with operating systems back to Windows XP.

Akshay_M
08-03-2022, 01:40 PM
FAT32 stands for File Allocation Table, which is an old extension to store data in the form of 32 bit chunks. But its older way of storing data and is nearly outdated nowadays. NTFS stands for New Technology File System which has replaced the FAT32 format and is a lot more efficient and faster than it.