NTFS file system offers inexhaustible file size limits.
FAT32 allows you to store files of size up to 4GB and the maximum disk size can go up to 16TB.Īlso Read: What Is UHS (Ultra High-Speed) SD Card? What’s The Difference B/W UHS-I, UHS-II, UHS-III? What Is NTFS File System?Īnother Microsoft proprietary file system called NTFS (New Technology File System) was introduced in 1993 with their Windows NT 3.1 operating system coming into existence. The 32-bit File Allocation Table was released in August 1995, with the launch of the Windows 95 operating system. In the subsequent years, the FAT file system advanced to FAT12, FAT16, and finally, FAT32 that has been synonymous with the word file system when we have to deal external storage media like removable drives.įAT32 surmounted the limited volume size offered by the FAT16 file system. It was coded by Microsoft’s first salaried employee Marc McDonald following discussions with Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates.įurther utilization of the FAT File System, or FAT Structure, as it was called earlier, was done in Microsoft’s 8080/Z80 platform-based operating system MDOS/MIDAS written by Marc McDonald. The story started in 1977 with the original 8-bit FAT file system intended as an antecedent to Microsoft’s Standalone Disk Basic-80 which was launched for Intel’s 8080-based NCR 7200 in 1977/1978 - a data entry terminal with 8-inch floppy disks. Also Read: Linux Filesystems Explained - EXT2/3/4, XFS, Btrfs, ZFS What Is FAT32 File System?Īn acronym for File Allocation Table, it’s the oldest and the most experienced file system in the history of computing.