Is the rumor true that NTFS is nothing more than an enhanced High-Performance File System (HPFS)?
You can argue that NTFS is an updated version of HPFS. However, NTFS has numerous improvements that make it stand out from HPFS. These improvements don’t affect most standalone PCs, but they can be important for some large business environments. For example, you can install NTFS on any drive (including CD-ROM drives, 3.5″ disk drives, and removable drives), but you can install HPFS on only fixed hard disks. NTFS has built-in file compression to compress files as needed, and HPFS doesn’t support this feature. NTFS has built-in security support to prevent users from accessing files, and HPFS doesn’t have this feature. Finally, NTFS lets you use clusters and achieve the best performance possible; HPFS doesn’t support clusters. Q: I recently tried to use the PrntScrn key to print the screen of a Compaq system that shares a monitor with several other systems. Unfortunately, the Compaq system uses the PrntScrn key to switch the monitor from one system to another. How can I print the screen o
