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File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default filesystem for the MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems. [citation needed] Originally developed in 1977 for use on floppy disks, it was adapted for use on hard disks and other devices.
Name Creates [a] Modifies? [b]Mounts? [c]Writes/ Burns? [d]Extracts? [e]Input format [f] Output format [g] OS License; 7-Zip: Yes: No: No: No: Yes: CramFS, DMG, FAT ...
NTFS: Partial (with third-party drivers) Yes Native since Linux Kernel 5.15 NTFS3. Older kernels may use backported NTFS3 driver or ntfs-3g [72] Read only, write support needs Paragon NTFS or ntfs-3g: Needs 3rd-party drivers like Paragon NTFS for Win98, DiskInternals NTFS Reader: Yes No Yes with ntfs-3g? Yes with ntfs-3g: No Yes with ntfs-3g?
Download QR code; Print/export ... by using software techniques to copy data from a source to a destination drive or to a disk ... , FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2 ...
FAT32 addresses the limitations in FAT12 and FAT16, except for the file size limit of close to 4 GB, but it remains limited compared to NTFS. FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 also have a limit of eight characters for the file name, and three characters for the extension (such as .exe). This is commonly referred to as the 8.3 filename limit.
If needed, it will install a bootloader such as SYSLINUX or GRUB onto the flash drive to render it bootable. [9] It also allows the installation of MS-DOS or FreeDOS onto a flash drive as well as the creation of Windows To Go bootable media. [10] It supports formatting flash drives using FAT, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, UDF and ReFS filesystems. [11]
For example, the FAT32 file system does not support files larger than 4 GiB−1 (with older applications even only 2 GiB−1); the variant FAT32+ does support larger files (up to 256 GiB−1), but (so far) is only supported in some versions of DR-DOS, [2] [3] so users of Microsoft Windows have to use NTFS or exFAT instead.
Due to different types of fields and the amount of data they contain, the length of the BPB is different for FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS boot sectors. [1] A detailed discussion of the various FAT BPB versions and their entries can be found in the FAT article.)