If NTFS is such a great file system, why isn’t it used everywhere? The drawbacks of the NTFS file system include lack of interoperability, considerable overhead and overall complexity. Let’s look at each individual issue.
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The Drawbacks of NTFS and the FAT File System: Part II
Data Integrity and Recovery in FAT and NTFS File Systems: Part I
Choosing between FAT or NTFS for preparing a new media is usually a no-brainer. Big disk? Format it with NTFS, as Windows will probably not allow putting a variation of the FAT system there. Memory card? FAT. But what about the less obvious choices, such as choosing the perfect file system for a large USB flash drive, an external disk, NAS or external RAID storage?
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