1st Comparison of NTFS and FAT32
FAT32 (File Allocation Table) is an old file system, it is simple and easy to read on a large number of operating systems. But recently, it is understandable that the use of FAT 32 partition format always has been replaced by the superior NTFS.
NTFS (New Technology File System) is the standard file system of Windows NT, including its later versions Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, andWindows 7 NTFS replaced the FAT32 file system as the preferred Microsoft Windows operating systems.
By comparison of NTFS and FAT32, it is easy to find that NTFS has more advantages than FAT file system. The below are the benefits of NTFS.
• Enables the indexing improves the user file (usually faster).
• Better security - encryption of files (except Win XP Home)
• Supports user quotas.
• File compression to save space.
• Supportslarger files than FAT (greater than 4GB).
• Supported format on dynamic disks (except Win XP Home).
• Resistant to fragmentation.
2nd How to convert from FAT32 to NTFS
1). Press Open the command prompt, "Windows & R" button, type "cmd" and press "Enter".
2). in the window of the command prompt, type: convert _letter drive: / fs: ntfs
Look here to enter "convert d: / FS: NTFS:" Would-format D: drive with the NTFS formataccording to your own requirements. And if you convert a FAT32 partition to NTFS, you can not simply convert back to FAT32 format because data on the drive or partition, all of which will be deleted. So before the formatting to the data if necessary.
3rd How to convert FAT32 to NTFS
Why do we think back to FAT32 file system? This question confuses many people. The fact is that some devices can only support FAT32 file system to NTFS Convert to FAT32required.
1). Open Windows Explorer and select a drive that you want to reformat it. Right-click on the drive and select "Format" from the context menu.
2). Select "FAT32" from this drop-down box under the "File System" section and check "Quick Format" option.
3). Click the Start button to start the reformatting. It can go take a few minutes depending on the size of your browser. In addition, you can3rd-party software partition (like Partition Assistant Free Edition) to quickly format a partition.
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