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[Tutorial] Basic Guide to FAT vs. NTFS

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One thing I noticed is the text is written like FAT and NTFS are the only FS out there, also you dont say the max file size for NTFS what is it?
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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the max file size for NTFS what is it?

Max File Size - Limit Only by Volume Size
http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

what about Reiser FS and ext3 ?

Can someone explain those in a similar way to how the FAT and NTFS file systems were explained ?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Groovicus,

You might want to take a look at the Sleuth Kit. I discovered the tool after being recommended a book on this forum - File System Forensic Analysis.

http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/docs/skins_ntfs.html

Hope everyone has a good holiday, bye Smile.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:12 am    Post subject: Tutorial regarding the details of FAT 12 Reply with quote

If you're interested in seeing the innerworkings of the FAT file system (specifically, FAT12), check out:
http://itlabsonline.com/computerforensics-lab1-p1.html

This site will walk you through step-by-step how files are only marked for deleted, not really deleted, how files span multiple clusters, and also file fragmentation. It will walk you through using a hex editor.

Also, someone mentioned, sleuthkit, which I highly recommend. However, if you want the GUI tool, use: autopsy:

http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/download.php


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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can we convert NTFS to FAT32 if yes, how?? plz help. Although good educational article, good sharing Very Happy Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

very interesting..
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got the news about one of best partition magic server—Partition Assistant can resize NTFS file system. Perhaps you interested it.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:43 am    Post subject: Re: [Tutorial] Basic Guide to FAT vs. NTFS Reply with quote

I prefer NTFS,because for most users running Windows XP, NTFS is the obvious choice. It's more powerful and offers security advantages not found in systems.Any programs or other data file that must be accessed by more than one operating system on that computer should be stored on a FAT16 or FAT32. But should keep in mind that we have no security for data on a FAT32 or FAT16 volume, any person with computer access can read, modify or even delete any file that is stored on a FAT16 or FAT32.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks to those guys who posted links, i clicked those links and learned so much.. keep it up!
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