NTFS FAT32 distinguish from NTSC

NTFS or New Technology File System was introduced as the standard file system structure of Microsoft's Windows NT system. This file system has remained the standard for all subsequent file systems after the release of Windows NT including the newest, Windows Vista.

NTFS replaced the aging FAT32 file system common to the MS-DOS based Windows operating systems. What the file system gained in its replacement was improved disk space utilization, improved performance, reliability and support for metadata. In addition, the file system was given additonal security through its built in access control lists.

NTFS has undergone several revisions with versions 1.0 and 1.1 reserved as test file systems, the first version which was deployed in Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 was NTFS v1.2. The file system saw major upgrades and 2 full version numbers to 3.0 in its Windows 2000 integration, while NTFS 3.1 is currently being used in Windows XP and Windows Vista.

NTFS as a whole focuses on everything to do with the files themselves. How data is stored on the hard drive is goverened by the NTFS file system. NTFS prefers to store data as metadata. Metadata in its most simplistic definition is extra data associated with a file that tells the operating system and/or user what attributes are inherant to a specific file. For example, if a digital picture is stored on your hard drive it could contain data that tells the resolution, time taken, time altered, last viewed etc. This data is not essential to the function of the file, however in other forms, can be