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For anything other than a situation with multiple operating systems,
however, the recommended file system is NTFS.
 Important: Once you convert a drive or partition to
NTFS, you cannot simply convert it back to FAT or FAT32.
You will need to reformat the drive or partition, which will
erase all data including programs and personal files on
the partition.
The following table describes the compatibility of each file system with
various operating systems.
NTFS FAT FAT32
A computer running Windows
XP or Windows 2000 can ac-
cess files on an NTFS partition.
A computer running Windows
NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or
later might be able to access
some files. Other operating
systems allow no access.
Access is available
through MS-DOS,
all versions of
Windows, Windows
NT, Windows
2000, Windows
XP, and OS/2.
Access is available
only through Win-
dows 95 OSR2,
Windows 98, Win-
dows Millennium
Edition, Windows
2000, and Windows
XP.
The following table compares disk and file sizes possible with each file
system.
NTFS FAT FAT32
Recommended mini-
mum volume size is
approximately 10
megabytes (MB).
Volumes much larger
than 2 terabytes (TB)
are possible. Cannot
be used on floppy
disks.
Volumes from size up
to 4 gigabytes (GB).
Does not support do-
mains.
Volumes from 512 MB
to 2 TB. In Windows
XP, you can format a
FAT32 volume up to
32 GB only. Does not
support domains.
File size limited only
by size of volume.
Maximum file size is 2
GB.
Maximum file size is 4
GB.