The file system used in DOS, OS/2 and many versions of Windows. The name comes from the "file allocation table" that is used to to keep track of the data on the disk. See FAT and FAT32. THIS ...

Are you looking for methods to convert FAT32 disks to NTFS file systems without losing data? If so, this post will interest you. One of the major reasons for changing FAT32 to NTFS is that FAT32 drive ...

NTFS and FAT are a file system that represents a technique of organizing and storing the data on the drive. These file systems also specify what type of attributes can be attached to a file such as ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. With so many emerging ...

Technically, it has never been a problem to format USB drives with a storage capacity of more than 32GB with the FAT32 file system. Only Windows itself has never been able to do this, so you always ...

Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting from acronyms like FAT, FAT32, or NTFS? Or did you once try plugging in an external device, only ...

SOL has announced that its PrFILE2 exFAT file system has been adopted for use as a data management software in the Nintendo ...

All the OEM machines I've seen have come formatted as NTFS. IIRC, this is a stipulation from MS, that all XP systems should ship with NFTS, which I agree with.

In 1996, Microsoft introduced the FAT32 file system as an update to the previous version, FAT16. At the time, Microsoft imposed a limit on the creation of FAT32 partitions, deciding that the maximum ...

I have a linux file server, but the big hard drive with the files is fat32, which introduces some issues with permissions and samba and all that. Basically, I made it unsecure as hell (it's not ...

(1) For copying, moving, renaming and deleting files, see file manager. (2) The software and method for storing and retrieving files on a disk, SSD or USB drive. A file system is a major component of ...