[Answer ID: 11826]

What is the difference in file systems?

Created 03/15/2011 01:38 | Updated 04/26/2011 10:06

File System	Features	Recommended to
NTFS	Possible to save files equal to or larger than 4GB. The maximum size for one partition is about 16EB （The maximum recommended size is 2TB.）	Users who like to save large data of more than 4GB per one file.
FAT32	Maximum size for one file to save is about 4GB （2GB for Windows 98/98Se） Maximum size for one partition to create is about 32GB （2TB for Windows Me/98） Partition larger than 32GB can be formatted by a format tool, “DiskFormatter”.	Users who like to copy data of old computer（Windows Me/98） to hard disk to move to new PC. Users who like to save data from computer on both Windows OS/Mac OS
MacOS extended	Macintosh only. Impossible to use for Windows. Maximum size for one volume to create is about 8EB.	Users who like to save large data of more than 4GB per one file only using by Macintosh computer.

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