NTFS (New Technology File System)
This file system is the standard file system of windows NT, including
all the latest version operating system
like Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Windows server 2003, Windows Server 2008,
Windows vista, and Windows 7.NTFS have several improvements over FAT and HPFS(High Performance
File system) such as improved version support for metadata(data about data) and
there is use of advanced data structure to improve the performances, reliability, and disk space
utilization, plus addition extension such as security access control list(ACL)
& File system journaling(FSJ).
Developer:
Microsoft
Full name: New
Technology File System
Launched: July
1993
Partition Format:
MBR (Master Boot Recorder)
Max. File Size:
16 Exabyte’s
History
In the period of 1980’s, IBM & Microsoft had a joint
project to create the new generation graphical OS (operating system). After
sometimes the Project OS/2 was disagreed by both MICROSOFT & IBM on some
important topics. The IBM continuously start working on OS/2 but Microsoft
start on other project called Microsoft NT. When
IBM have completed their OS/2 project it uses HPFS file system .Now, Microsoft
also completed their project and work on NTFS file system both the IBM &
Microsoft uses contained several new features.
Versions:
1. V1.0 with OS NT 3.1 (developed in
1993)
2. V1.1 with OS NT 3.5 (developed in
1994)
3. V1.2 with OS NT 3.51 (developed in
1995)
4. V3.0 with windows 2000
5. V3.1 with Windows xp(2001)
6. V5.1 with Windows Server 2003(2003)
7. V5.2 with Windows Vista (2005)
8. V6.0 with Windows Server 2008
,Windows 7
Features:
1. USN JOURNAL
2. Alternate data streams(ADS)
3. Spare files
4. File Compression
5. Volume Shadow Copy
6. Transactional NTFS
7. Encrypting File system(EFS)
8. Quotas
9. Re parse Points
10. Volume Mount Points
11. Directory Junctions
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