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What is FAT and NTFS File System?

April 26, 2017fat FAT32 file file system NTFS partition manager system

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What is FAT and NTFS File System?

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FAT was a file system developed by Microsoft in 1977. The file system is still under use in removable media like USB Drives and floppy disks. FAT operates as three versions FAT 12, FAT16 and FAT32. With the launch of Windows NT 3.1 in 1993 by Microsoft, the NTFS File System came into existence. FAT vs. NTFS NTFS has serious improvements over FAT like improved access speed, performance, reliability, fault tolerance, recoverability, complicity, security, as well as support for long file names, large volumes. Steps to Convert FAT to NTFS 1. Windows can convert FAT to NTFS by default and without any tool by using the command line utility convert.exe Note: You can’t revert back to FAT once you have converted your FAT file system to NTFS (more info) 2. Type cmd in the Run box to open the command prompt and type CONVERT driveletter: /FS:NTFS in it, example CONVERT D: /FS:NTFS will convert D: drive to NTFS system Alternate Method: Using Norton Partition Magic 1. The latest version of Norton Pa