NTFS Hard Drive – Partition
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Introduction: NTFS is a short term for “NT File System”, where NT refers to Microsoft Windows NT and means “New Technologies”. Nevertheless, it is the best file system available for Windows OS.
Here is a list of advantages for those who uses NTFS format.
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NTFS supports compression of individual files and folders, which can be read and written while they are compressed.
NTFS is a recoverable file system, meaning, it has the ability to undo or redo operations from various problems, such as system failure, power loss or unstable system.
NTFS programs can trap open operations against objects in the file systems, and execute their own code before returning data. This ability can be used to extend file system features, such as mount points, which you can use to redirect data-read and writes from a folder to another volume or physical disk.
NTFS allows programs to create very large files, but to consume disk space only as needed.
NTFS contains smaller RAM footprint to avoid large FAT held in RAM. But, it also has a ’4K cluster’ size, which matches the processor’s natural paging size.
NTFS performs better on volumes 30GB & above!
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How to convert FAT-32 to NTFS.
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Go to Start >> Accessories >> Command Prompt…
Alternative: You can also go to Start >> Run >> type CMD from the Run Box.
Assuming you intend to convert C:, just use this command:
1.] Vol C:
2.] CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS
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