TOPIC : FILE SYSTEM

NTFS
FAT
SUBMIT TO – KHUSHBOO MAM SUBMITTED BY – VIVEK MANGAL
 CONTENTS
 WHAT IS COMPUTER FILE SYSTEM ?
 WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THERE IS NO FILE SYSTEM ?
 HOW TO CHECK WHICH FILE SYSTEM IS IN YOUR DEVICES ?
 WINDOWS FILE SYSTEM
 FAT
 AND, NTFS
What is
Computer
File
system
• How the data stored? & How Wil be fetched ?
• Mechanism of Storing data on memory is called file
system.
OR
• The structure and logic rules used to manage the groups of
data and their number is called ‘A file system’
DATA STORE HER
E
IT IS LIKE GRAMO
PHON E
What will
happen if
there is no
computer file
system
Without this file system, any data
placed on memory will become
single huge data from which it
would not be possible to tell where
a particular piece of information
stops and next starts. Therefore,
Seprating Each Piece of data
individually and giving it a name
will help us to identify data.
HOW TO
CHECK
WHICH FILE
SYSTEM IN
YOUR
DEVICES
 File system

er e n t
Windows Linux a r e m a ny d i ff
There y s tem h a v i n g
f f i l e s
t yp e s o r uc t u r e a n d
en t s t
differ t i es o f s p e e d,
P r o p e r
logic, e c u ri t y , s iz e,
i ty s
ext 4 flexibil r e.
a n y m o
FAT 16/FAT ext 3 and m
FAT 32 ext 2
NTFS ext 1
WINDOWS
In Windows Family operating system there are normally three
types of File system for data storage in memory :-

FAT OR FAT16 (FILE ALLOCATION TABLE)

FAT 32 (FILE ALLOCATION TABLE)

NTFS (NEW TECHNOLOGY FILE SYSTEM)

 Feature FAT 32 NTFS
File size Single file can’t larger then 4 GB Maximum File size upto
16TB

File Name For file name we can use only 8.3 255 characters
Character

Security It provide security only for network It provides both local &
Network

Fault tolerance No support Auto repair Auto repair supported

Conversion Conversion allowed Not allowed
File compression NO YES
Encryption NO YES
FAT USED IN OLDER VERSIONS OF
WINDOWS LIKE :-
NTFS USED IN WINDOWS LIKE :-

....AND ABOVE
VERSIONS
 ANY
DOUBT