File System
There are different
types of file system. They are as follows.
1. FAT
(FILE ALLOCATION TABLE)
2. NTFS (NEW
TECHNOLOGY FILE SYSTEM)
3. EXT2, EXT3, EXT4,
SWAP
4. HPFS (HIGH
PERFORMANCE FILE SYSTEM)
5. CDFS (COMPACT
DISK FORMAT SYSTEM)
6. UDFS (UNIVERSAL
DISK FORMAT SYSTEM)
1. FAT (FILE ALLOCATION
TABLE)
In FAT there are two
types.
A. FAT 16 FILE SYSTEM
B. FAT 32 FILE SYSTEM
A. FAT 16 FILE SYSTEM
v FAT 16
file system support only 2 GB of the Hard disk space.
v FAT 16
file system support operating system.
§ DOS (Disk
Operating System)
§ Win 95
§ Win 98 SE
v FAT 16 file system does not provide security to data/ files.
v FAT 16 file system does not support NON-DOS partition.
Note: For instance, if we install windows 98 SE
operating system using FAT 16 file system and rest of the other partitions are
in NON-DOS then those partitions will be Hidden/not-visible.
A. FAT 32 FILE SYSTEM
v FAT 32
file system support more than 2 GB but not more than 32 GB of the hard disk
space.
Note: This can be experienced while we are
installing win 2000/WinXP/Win 2003 Server operating system.
v FAT 32
file system support operating system.
§ DOS
§ Win 98
§ Win XP
§ Win 95
§ Win 2000
family
§ Win 2003
server
v FAT 32
file system does not provide security to data/files.
v FAT 32
file system does not NON-DOS partition.
2. NTFS (NEW
TECHNOLOGY FILE SYSTEM)
v NTFS
support large disk space.
v NTFS
support operating system.
§ WIN NT
§ WIN XP
PRO
§ WIN VISTA
§ WIN 7
§ WIN 8
§ WIN 10
§ WIN 2000
FAMILY
§ WIN 2003
SERVER
§ WIN 2016
SERVER
§ WIN 2008
SERVER
§ WIN 2012
SERVER
v NTFS is
more secured than FAT32 file system.
v NTFS is a
user friendly.
v NTFS is
soon affected by birus.
3. EXT2, EXT3, EXT4,
SWAP [2G]
v It
support large disk space.
v It
support operating system.
§ UNIX
§ FEDERO
HPFS
§ SAMBA
SERVER
§ LINUX
§ SUSE
§ U BANTU
v It is
more secured than NTFS.
v It is not
a user friendly.
v It is
leastly affected by birus.
v It is
mainly used for security purpose.
4. HPFS (HIGH
PERFORMANCE FILE SYSTEM)
v HPFS
support large disk space.
v HPFS is
more advance than FAT32.
v HPFS
support operating system.
§ MACAINTOSH
[MAC]
v HPFS is
more secured than FAT32.
v HPFS is
not a user friendly.
v HPFS
is not at all affected by virus.
5. CDFS (COMPACT
DISK FORMAT SYSTEM)
v It is for
small capacity disk like CD-R/W.
For example: 700MB [CD]
6. UDFS (UNIVERSAL
DISK FORMAT SYSTEM)
v It is for
big capacity disk like DVD-RW
For example:
4.7 GB [DVD]
8.5 GB [DOUBLE LAYER]
50 GB [BLUE RAY DISK]