5.5.1 File Systems

Learn how to format and organize a new hard disk drive.

There are three main parts of a hard disk drive.

• Partitions
• Volumes
• Formats

Formatting

Formatting prepares the disk area with the rules and specifications for how data is to be saved on that drive. The file system is then responsible for locating and retrieving files saved on the drive, along with other features that aid in storage management.

Microsoft-Windows has support for two file system formats, FAT32 and NTFS, but it recommends the use of NTFS on it's platform. NTFS provides better support for larger disk sizes, data compression and encryption, along with disk quotas and file access permissions.

List of Common File Systems

• exFAT
• FAT32
• NTFS (default Windows file system)
• ext4 (default Linux file system)
• CDFS (virtual file system used in Linux for CD support)
• Network-File-System (distributed file system used in networks)

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