

Then in Windows 7 and 8, NTFS was set as the default file system on new PCs because it is superior to FAT32 in many aspects - more secure, robust, and supports larger file sizes and drives.Ĭompared with NTFS, FAT32 has following limits: First introduced in 1993, NTFS was not that popular on personal computers until the release of Windows XP in 2001. NTFS (New Technology File System) is a newer file system.

To answer this question, we have to mention another file system, which is called NTFS. However, FAT32 now is losing popularity due to FAT32 partition size limit. FAT32 has been widely used all through the DOS years, and can even be used in Mac OS X. FAT (File Allocation Table) file system is created in 1977 by Microsoft, and FAT32 (File Allocation Table 32) is the most popular version of FAT.
