What is FAT, NTFS and FAT32?

Can someone tell me what FAT, FAT 32 and NTFS is?

Kianoosh5 pointsBadges:

Automatically delete temporary files in NTFS

Hello, I'm on Windows 10. I keep temporary files in a specific folder on my PC. But I don't need them after a week or so. Usually, I manually delete them but I was wondering if I could do this automatically. Is that possible? Basically, I want to automatically delete files after a seven day period....

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Repair bad blocks on external disk

I'm trying to read several files from an external disk (NTFS system) so I tried scanning it for bad blocks. After it was completed, I noticed that it had a ton of bad blocks. Is there a way to repair all these? Does it matter if they are physical or logical?

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Get files on NTFS file system to USB flash drive on FAT system

If my system only plays FAT (16/32) and my files are in the NTFS file system, can I do anything to get the files on my USB Flash Drive to play on the FAT file system. Thank you, -Greg

Greggy11595 pointsBadges:

NTFS permissions settings: Allow users to write to files

In NTFS, how can I allow several of my co-workers to write to files but I don't want them deleting any of my folders? Is there a permissions setting that I need to change? Thanks for the help.

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Files Automatically getting deleted

Hello, We have an enterprise suite which runs on a client-server model. This uses the native file system to store the database. The server runs on Windows XP and also 2003 Server OS. We have noticed that suddenly some files have started missing. We checked thoroughly using Anti-virus and Anti...

Jagdish60 pointsBadges:

Path Depth in Windows XP, Windows 7, & Vista

I have a client that receives files from one of his clients in Sweden, the files are obviously created in Windows 7 or Vista but he is running Windows XP. Now the Files and Folders full paths can run up to 13 folders deep for example this is the full path to one of the files C:Documents and...

shanekearney810 pointsBadges:

Allocate Unallocated space on a flash drive…

I recently downloaded a Dell diagnostic tool to my flash drive. It converted it from an 8GB NTFS drive to a 2GB FAT drive with 6GB of unallocated space. I thought this was fine at the time as I planned to simply convert it back to NTFS and reallocate the memory. However, I'm unable to recover the...

Lordhowe175 pointsBadges:

Unable copy file into external hard disk

Hi, I'm not able to copy large file from my pc into my external hard disk. The disk format already in NTFS format. Please Help! I have no idea!

yeepiyaya220 pointsBadges:

How to create one big continuous space using four SATA disks

Hello everyone! I currently have a file server for home use. Would it be possible to use several disks in a way so that they can be visible in the network as one continuous space? Something like JBOD. These disks are SATA disks and NTFS formatted. Can I do it with symbolic links? Thank you for the...

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Will my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 support FAT formatting

If I format my WD My Passport Ultra 1TB hard drive to FAT from NTFS, will and can my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 read it with an otg cable? Since my Note4 can not read NTFS. It says that it is unsupported.

Mikey135 pointsBadges:

Maximum size of a Lotus Notes database on Windows NTFS partition

Wwhat could be the maximum size of a Lotus Notes database on a Windows NTFS partition?

Ssytemadmincadbury10 pointsBadges:

NTFS editor

It looks like I have a corrupt folder in an NTFS file system. Way, way back, pre-Symantec, Norton Utilities used to have a low-level file system (FAT) viewer and editor. This came in handy when file system errors were encountered. Is there any measure I could take to view and perhaps edit the NTFS...

Rklanke1,250 pointsBadges:

What software would you recommend for NTFS administration?

Hello, can you recommend a software for the administration of large NTFS in Windows 2003? We are looking for tools that can do the following: -- export/import the structure of folders with NTFS rights -- allow owners to show where inheritance is broken -- add/remove users or groups in the tree or...

AnonymousUser49,520 pointsBadges:

What is the difference between FAT and NTFS?

Can anyone explain the difference between FAT and NTFS?

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WINDOWS SYSTEMS

What is the difference between FAT and NTFS?

garry4910 pointsBadges:

NTFS rights for directories

How do I setup NTFS right for directories?

AnonymousUser49,520 pointsBadges:

Windows XP & Partition chaos

I have just installed a clean copy of Win XP on a brand new Hard Drive having formatted it in NTFS. The partition drives seem to have become muddled.  Windows seems to have installed itself on Partition "I" which has thrown all other drives askew. My question is can I use a program like Partition...

Compucure205 pointsBadges:

How to turn off NTFS Check Disk

I have somehow set my computer to run NTFS Check Disk everytime I start it. How can I turn it off as it take about an hour to complete before I can access anything?

Prosper5 pointsBadges:

How do I set NTFS file/folder permissions on a group of PCs?

I need to set NTFS file/folder permissions on a group of PCs. Can anyone help?

Michael Tidmarsh65,700 pointsBadges: