The Five Most Common File Systems
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CDFS
- Compact Disk File System - Used by optical disk media
FAT32
- File Allocation Table 32-bit - Used by Windows XP and older operating systems - Supports partition sizes of up to 2TB (2048 GB)
NFS
- Network File System - Files can be accessed over the network
NTFS
- New Technology File System - Supports up to 16 exabytes (in theory) - Windows 7, 8.1, 10 - Security and attributes
exFAT
- aka FAT64 - Made to handle the complexities of FAT, FAT32, and NTFS - Designed for flash media such as USB and microSD - Supports files larger than 4GB
