Understanding File Systems and Partition Types
No matter which version of Windows you use to get a hard disk ready for use, you have two big decisions to make:
What file system to use
What partition type to choose
Read on to discover what this means, which versions of Windows support which type, and when to select a particular option.
File Systems Used by Windows
What exactly is a file system, anyway?
A file system describes how data and drives are organized. In Windows, the file system you choose for a hard disk affects the following:
The rules for how large a logical drive (drive letter) can be, and whether the hard disk can be used as one big drive letter, several smaller drive letters, or must be multiple drive letters
How efficiently a system ...
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