NTFS support to compress partition, folders and files.

NTFS does not need Defragment your hard disk.

FAT32 supports up to single file with 4GB and partition with 32G.

NTFS can support up to 64GB single file and 2048GB partition.

In summary, the specific distinction are following below: However, NTFS is produced late than FAT32, but NTFS is more advanced in technology. The difference between NTFS and FATĪs mentioned above, NTFS and FAT both are file system. NTFS make advanced on FAT and HPFS, such as to support metadata.

It replaces FAT to offer file system for Microsoft. NTFS is standard file system after Windows NT, 2000, XP, server 2003, server 2008, Vista, and 7. After applying FAT32 partition format, a big volume hard drive can be definite as a partition but not be divided into multiple partitions. Since the production cost of hard drive decreasing, the volume capacity is increasing. It has 32bit file table, which strengthen FAT32’s management to partition, and break through the limitation of 2GB space in every partition. A Brief introduction of NTFS and FAT32įAT 32 is one of partition format in windows system. First, you’d better know some knowledge about NTFS and FAT32. Similarly, in some condition, not all files in different formatted partition can be read by same application.

In text, the file with DOC format can’t be read by TXT application. NTFS and FAT32 to partition are what DOC and TXT to text. But seldom of them can tell what the difference between them. To computer users, NTFS and FAT32 are not strange. Since protecting data and files, I recommend him to convert external hard drive from NTFS to FAT32 with a third-party software-AOMEI Partition Assistant, which can convert hard drive from NTFS to FAT32 without data loss. My friend Michael bought an external hard drive last month, yesterday he ran to me and ask how to convert external hard drive from NTFS to FAT32 safely and easily? I was so curious about why does he want to convert NTFS to FAT32 he said NTFS partition can’t be read by DOS system.

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