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need to have a FAT or FAT32 partition as the primary (or startup) partition
on the hard disk. Earlier versions of Windows cannot access a partition if it
uses the latest version of NTFS. The two exceptions are Windows 2000 and
Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or later. Windows NT 4.0 with Service
Pack 4 or later has access to partitions with the latest version of NTFS, but
with some limitations: It cannot access files that have been stored using
NTFS features that did not exist when Windows NT 4.0 was released.
For anything other than a situation with multiple operating systems 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 / Vista /
Windows
®
7 or Windows
2000 can access 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 /
Vista / Windows
®
7, and OS/2.
Access is available
only through
Windows 95 OSR2,
Windows 98,
Windows Millennium
Edition, Windows
2000, and Windows
®
XP / Vista / Windows
®
7.
The following table compares disk and file sizes possible with each file
system.
NTFS FAT FAT32
Recommended
minimum 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
domains.
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.