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2 - 4 page paper(double spaced and APA)comparing and contrasting the various file systems used by the different versions of Windows. The emphasis is on comparing and contrasting FAT and NTFS file systems from Windows 95 on up to Vista. 1 or more resources and they can be electronic but not anything from Wikipedia.

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File Systems in Microsoft Windows

Contents
File Systems in Microsoft Windows 3
FAT 3
FAT32 4
NTFS 4
NTFS 5 4
Microsoft DFS (Distributed file system) 5
Comparison of NTFS and FAT File Systems 5
References 6

File Systems in Microsoft Windows

Windows support two main types of file systems:
1. FAT (File Allocation Table) and
2. NTFS (New Technology File System)

Operating System File System Format of Volume
Windows Vista FAT16, FAT32, NTFS
Windows XP NTFS, FAT32, FAT16
Windows 2000 NTFS 5, FAT16, and FAT32, Microsoft DFS
Microsoft Windows NT NTFS and FAT16, Microsoft DFS
Microsoft Windows 95 (release 2) and Microsoft Windows 98 FAT16 and FAT32
Windows 95 prior to Windows 95 (release 2) FAT16
Microsoft MS-DOS FAT16

FAT
The FAT file system is supported by all versions of Microsoft Windows. The FAT is an evolution of a file system used in Microsoft's earlier operating system MS-DOS. Over the years various features have been added to the FAT, inspired by similar features found on file systems used by operating systems such like Unix. FAT divides hard disks into one or more partitions that become drive letters, such as C:, D:, and so on. Disks are formatted into sectors, and sectors are grouped into clusters of from 4 to 32 sectors at the user's discretion. A FAT entry ...

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