2007-02-23 20:06:46 · 7 answers · asked by Fr0z3nByt3 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
NTFS or New Technology File System is the standard file system of Windows NT and its descendants Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista.
NTFS replaced Microsoft's previous FAT file system, used in MS-DOS and early versions of Windows. NTFS has several improvements over FAT such as improved support for metadata and the use of advanced data structures to improve performance, reliability, and disk space utilization plus additional extensions such as security access control lists and file system journaling. The exact specification is a trade secret of Microsoft.
NTFS has five versions:
* v1.0
* v1.1
* v1.2 found in NT 3.51 and NT 4
* v3.0 found in Windows 2000
* v3.1 found in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista
These final three versions are sometimes referred to as v5.0, v5.1, and v6.0, after the version of Windows with which they ship. Each newer version added extra features, for example Windows 2000 introduced quotas.
2007-02-23 20:13:54 · answer #1 · answered by JayHawk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NTFS gives you more control over file protection and security of your PC. You can literally give computer users exacting access of your choice. Taking advantage of the NTFS file system requires a great deal of knowledge to fully utilize.
2007-02-24 04:23:23 · answer #2 · answered by T-Rex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The NTFS file system is advantageous only to the Windows family of Operating Systems, but when used with those, they have these benefits over a traditional FAT or FAT32 partition:
-Journaling (Quick, safe and automatic crash recovery, no more ScanDisk)
-Large files and drives (over 127GB)
-Automatic file encryption and compression (Windows XP)
-Supports RAID arrays (Multiple hard disks acting as one for higher efficiency)
The main disadvantage is that NTFS is not natively compatible with any other operating system than Windows. (There are read-only drivers for Linux and experimental write drivers)
2007-02-24 04:15:37 · answer #3 · answered by adsims2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of better and faster than FAT32 when managing, and searching a file in a harddrive with thousands files in it.
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2007-02-24 04:13:44 · answer #4 · answered by oohay_member_directory 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Application files are much smaller.
2007-02-24 05:30:52 · answer #5 · answered by Champ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it have a lot of of option like disk quota. indexing and the faster data access than FAT32
2007-02-24 04:15:20 · answer #6 · answered by arbie_pogi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pc's like em better. easier to navagate
2007-02-24 04:10:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋