File Systems: Difference between revisions

File systems are the operating system's method of ordering data on persistent storage devices like disks. They provide an abstracted interface to access data on these devices in such a way, that it can be read or modified efficiently. Which file system is convenient depends on the target application of the operating system. For example, Windows uses the FAT32 or NTFS file system. If a disk has a large capacity, FAT32 is inconvenient, because the FAT system was designed considering the smaller disks available at that time. At the same time, an NTFS file system is not convenient on a tiny disk, because it was designed to work with large volumes of data - theirthere would be anexcessive overhead when using devices such as a 1.44 MB floppy disk.