New Technology File System (NTFS) is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Microsoft. Starting with Windows NT 3.1, it is the default file system of the Windows NT family. It superseded File Allocation Table (FAT) as the preferred filesystem on Windows and is supported in Linux and BSD as well. NTFS reading and writing support is provided usi… See more
In the mid-1980s, Microsoft and IBM formed a joint project to create the next generation of graphical The … See more
NTFS is optimized for 4 KB clusters, but supports a maximum cluster size of 2 MB . (Earlier implementations support up to 64 KB) The maximum NTFS volume size that the specification can support is 2 − 1 clusters, bu… See more
While the different NTFS versions are for the most part fully forward- and backward-compatible, there are technical considerations for mounting newer NTFS volumes in older versions of Microsoft Windows. … See more
NTFS uses access control lists and user-level encryption to help secure user data. In NTFS, each file or folder is assigned a security descriptor that defines its owner and contains two access control lists (ACLs). The first A… See more
NTFS is a journaling file system and uses the NTFS Log ($LogFile) to record metadata changes to the volume. It is a feature that FAT does not provide and is critical for NTFS to ensure that its complex internal dat… See more
Starting with Windows Vista Microsoft added the built-in ability to shrink or expand a partition. However, this ability does not relocate page file fragments or files that have been marked as unmovable, so shrinking a … See more
NTFS is made up of several components including: a partition boot sector (PBS) that holds boot information; the master file table that stores a record of all files and folders in the filesystem; a series of meta files that help structu… See more
