

FAT32 is an older file system that’s not as efficient as NTFS and doesn’t support as big a feature set, but it offers greater compatibility with other operating systems.

Windows uses NTFS as its system driver and by default for most non-removable drives. Windows supports three different kinds of the file system. It specifies how data is stored on the drive and what types of information can be attached to files-filenames, permissions, and other attributes. A file system provides a way of organizing a drive. Brief description of exFAT partitionĮxFAT(Extended File Allocation Table) is a Microsoft file system introduced in 2006 optimized for flash memory such as USB flash drives and SD cards. Scenario: I want to shrink the existing exFAT partition and then create a new smaller partition, but for some reason, I cannot resize the exFAT partition, the extend/shrink volume grayed out.
