Sunday, November 25, 2007

Operating Systems: FAT vs NTFS

You want to use the encryption feature in Windows 2000 to encrypt a directory.
Which file system must be used on the partition where the directory is located?
1. FAT32
2. >>NTFS5
3. HPFS
4. NTFS4

Explanation : NTFS4 is the file system included in Windows NT. It offers several advantages over FAT, including smaller cluster sizes and file-level security. It does not support file encryption.

NTFS5 is the updated version of the file system that was included with Windows 2000. It offers several new features, including encryption of individual files and folders, compression of individual files and folders, and the ability to set disk space quotas.

HPFS (High Performance File System) is used by the IBM Operating System, OS/2.

FAT32 is supported by Windows 2000 but cannot be used for file encryption.
Objective: Operating Systems